53 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-11

Site location and description: SE SE NE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-036
________Elevation: 5,250 ft
________Exposure: Southwest (Az. 225º)
________Slope: 40%

Habitat type: Psuedotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus, Physocarpus
________malvaceus phase

Forest cover type: Douglas-fir seedling and sapling (10-39% canopy cover)

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Young forest
________Tree component: PSME
________Shrub component: ACGL 12%, PHMA 88% (Shrub density 35.6/0.01 ha);
________________also: ROGY, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: ARCO, BERE, CARU

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

Color Plate: Plate 53 -- PC-11

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 53-1 -- PC-11: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 53-1: Life form cover development, PC-11.

___ Table 53-2 -- PC-11: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 53-2: Life form volume development, PC-11.

___ Table 53-3 -- PC-11: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 53-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-11.

___ Table 53-4 -- PC-11: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 53-4: Herb cover development, PC-11.

___ Table 53-5 -- PC-11: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 53-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-11.

___ Table 53-6 -- PC-11: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 53-6: Herb volume development, PC-11.

Printable Tables and Figures: 53 -- PC-11 (PDF)