52 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-10

Site location and description: NE NE SE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-036
________Elevation: 5,100 ft
________Exposure: West (Az. 280º)
________Slope: 55%

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): Young forest
________Tree component: PSME
________Shrub component: PHMA, ROGY, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: ARCO, ASCO

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 5-M
________________Tree overstory: Consumed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed to charred stubs
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Ash-mineral soil

Color Plate: Plate 52 -- PC-10

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 52-1 -- PC-10: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 52-1: Life form cover development, PC-10.

___ Table 52-2 -- PC-10: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 52-2: Life form volume development, PC-10.

___ Table 52-3 -- PC-10: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 52-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-10.

___ Table 52-4 -- PC-10: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 52-4: Herb cover development, PC-10.

___ Table 52-5 -- PC-10: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 52-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-10.

___ Table 52-6 -- PC-10: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 52-6: Herb volume development, PC-10.

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