<FCCS_file xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="cash.xsd" schemaVersion="1.4">
  <fuelbed_number>107</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Pitch pine/scrub oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Woodlands dominated by pitch pine on low elevation dry sites, often on sands or exposed ledges. Occurs along north Atlantic coastal plain north to midcoast Maine, west to central New York and south into the southern Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. In the northern end of its range, this type generally occurs lower than 1,700 in elevation, while farther south it occurs between 1,500 and 4,000 feet. This fuelbed was established after fire more than 50 years previously. The canopy may also contain other pine species depending on geographic location.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>4</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>63</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2,18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>2</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes/>
  <site_photo/>
  <date_collected>2003-09-17</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence>3</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="95" reference_id="5003">60</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="75">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="45" reference_id="5105">33</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="3" max="24" reference_id="5105">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="350" reference_id="5105">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="13" reference_id="5105">9.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>95.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="75">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="4" max="17">9</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="8">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="150" max="2000">500</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0" max="3.5">1.6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19358</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24764</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19374</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="95">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="2" max="15">5</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="8">0.5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="5000">3000</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0" max="3.5">0.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19358</tsn>
              <relative_cover>85.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">0.03245</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="20">13.34</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
        <class_1_all_others>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="500" max="2000">1000</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19358</tsn>
              <relative_cover>85.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="20">4</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="20">4</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="8" reference_id="5000">0.5</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="2" max="15" reference_id="5000">5</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>1</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>7</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="90">40</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2.5" reference_id="5105">1.7</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5003">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23660</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23573</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="5105">0.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5000">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23530</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23657</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
      <needle_drape>
        <is_sufficient_to_affect_fire_behavior>0</is_sufficient_to_affect_fire_behavior>
      </needle_drape>
    </shrubs>
    <herbaceous>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.01</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>565408</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39749</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503653</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42076</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="3">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.01</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>501619</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="40" reference_id="5000">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="5105">0.1</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5105">0.7</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5105">0.5</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5105">0.1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5105">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5105">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5105">0.2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5105">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5105">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </rotten>
        <lightered_pitchy>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </lightered_pitchy>
      </stumps>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.015676</clean_loading>
        <dirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</dirty_loading>
        <verydirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</verydirty_loading>
        <pileData>
          <header>pileGroupID,pileGroupName,numPiles,pileType,pileShape,W1,L1,H1,W2,L2,H2,soilPercent,packingRatio,handPileSpecies,species1_TSN,species1_percent,species2_TSN,species2_percent,pileQuality,percentConsumed</header>
          <pileGroups>
            <pileGroup>2,,1,1,5,2.00,3.00,1.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="5105">0.5</depth>
        <type>2</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20" reference_id="5000">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1">0.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3">1</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>75.00</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="65" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2.5">2</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="65" max="100"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2.5"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <type/>
      </basal_accumulation>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
      </squirrel_middens>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>