51 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-09

Site location and description: SE NE SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-051
________Elevation: 5,000 ft
________Exposure: South (Az. 200º)
________Slope: 50%

Habitat type: Psuedotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Calamagrostis
________rubescens phase

Forest cover type: Douglas-fir seedling and sapling (40-69% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Open forest
________Tree component: PIPO, PSME
________Shrub component: AMAL 100% (Shrub density 8.9/0.01 ha);
________________also: PHMA, PRVI, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: ARCO, ASMI, BERE, CARU

Disturbance treatment:
________Logged: Completed June 1972
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 3-M
________________Tree overstory: Leave trees fire-scorched, salvaged logged
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 51 -- PC-09

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 51-1 -- PC-09: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 51-1: Life form cover development, PC-09.

___ Table 51-2 -- PC-09: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 51-2: Life form volume development, PC-09.

___ Table 51-3 -- PC-09: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 51-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-09.

___ Table 51-4 -- PC-09: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 51-4: Herb cover development, PC-09.

___ Table 51-5 -- PC-09: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 51-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-09.

___ Table 51-6 -- PC-09: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 51-6: Herb volume development, PC-09.

Printable Tables and Figures: 51 -- PC-09 (PDF)