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  <fuelbed_number>324</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>White spruce woodland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>White spruce woodland. Occurs on exposed sites near treeline in Alaska, especially in the Brooks and Alaska Ranges.  A discontinuous shrub layer dominated by birch, willow and alder species is usually present with lichens and feathermosses filling the gaps among shrubs and  trees.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>120,130</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>5</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>300,319,320</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>4</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Built for Landfire EVT 2601. Used FB 095 as base and altered species composition and structure and other fuel parameters based on EVT description, Viereck's white spruce woodland description, and Photo series Volume II white spruce and BS 10.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 28, 2010</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="50">45</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="25">20</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="15" max="40">35</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="5">11</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="400">300</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="1" max="5">6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet"/>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches"/>
          <species/>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="60">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15">9</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="5">3</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="1000">315</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="2">1.3</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number"/>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet"/>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
        <class_1_all_others>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="65">50</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="2" max="9">6</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="15" max="40">30</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet"/>
        <maximum_height unit="feet"/>
        <is_vertically_contiguous/>
        <type/>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="65">45</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5056">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>22476</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>181894</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19478</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23574</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <height unit="feet"/>
        <percent_live unit="number"/>
        <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"/>
        <height unit="feet"/>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        <percent_live unit="number"/>
        <species/>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <height unit="feet"/>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        <percent_live unit="number"/>
        <species/>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50" reference_id="1357">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3">0.2</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5059">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5059">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5059">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="5" reference_id="5059">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="5059">0.4</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </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>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <type>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="90">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">2</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="50">10</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">1.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="75">20</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3" reference_id="430">1</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>30.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>70.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover/>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="7">5</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100">100</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="5">4</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>3</derivation>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
      </squirrel_middens>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <type/>
      </basal_accumulation>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>
