55 - Plant Creek Wildfire: 1802-19
Study Area PC-15

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: 45%

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: ACGL 29%, AMAL 42%, SASC 29% (Density:
________________31.1/0.01 ha); also: PHMA, ROGY, SPBE, SYAL
________Herb component: ARCO, ASCO, CARU, ERGR

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 55 -- PC-15

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Tables and Figures:

___ Table 55-1 -- PC-15: Cover development of seral vegetation life form groups (percent).
___ Figure 55-1: Life form cover development, PC-15.

___ Table 55-2 -- PC-15: Volume development of seral vegetation life form groups (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 55-2: Life form volume development, PC-15.

___ Table 55-3 -- PC-15: Cover development of tree and shrub species (percent).
___ Figure 55-3: Tree and shrub cover development, PC-15.

___ Table 55-4 -- PC-15: Cover development of herb species (percent).
___ Figure 55-4: Herb cover development, PC-15.

___ Table 55-5 -- PC-15: Volume development of tree and shrub species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 55-5: Tree and shrub volume development, PC-15.

___ Table 55-6 -- PC-15: Volume development of herb species (m³/.01 ha).
___ Figure 55-6: Herb volume development, PC-15.

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