54 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-12

Site location and description: NW SE NE Sec.5, T11N, R18W, PMM;
________NFS Stand: Lolo National Forest (16) 303-01-035
________Elevation: 5,200 ft
________Exposure: Southeast (Az. 145º)
________Slope: 60%

Habitat type: Pseudotsuga menziesii/Symphoricarpos albus, Symphoricarpos
________albus phase

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

Forest vegetation (postfire reconstruction): Shrubfield with a few small trees
________Tree component: PSME
________Shrub component: PHMA 17%, PRVI 83% (Shrub density 26.6/0.01 ha);
________________also: HODI, ROGY, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: APAN, ASCO, CRAF, ELGL

Disturbance treatment:
________Wildfire: August 30, 1972 (Succession year 1:1973)
________Fire severity:
________________R-N index: 2-M
________________Isolated small trees: Heat killed
________________Shrub crowns: Consumed
________________Litter-duff: Consumed
________Postfire germination substrate: Blackened colluvium

Color Plate: Plate 54 -- PC-12

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 54-1 -- PC-12: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 54-1: Life form cover development, PC-12.

___ Table 54-2 -- PC-12: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 54-2: Life form volume development, PC-12.

___ Table 54-3 -- PC-12: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 54-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-12.

___ Table 54-4 -- PC-12: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 54-4: Herb cover development, PC-12.

___ Table 54-5 -- PC-12: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 54-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-12.

___ Table 54-6 -- PC-12: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 54-6: Herb volume development, PC-12.

Printable Tables and Figures: 54 -- PC-12 (PDF)