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  <fuelbed_number>5</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Douglas-fir-white fir forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Forests composed of white fir, Douglas-fir, and other conifers are located in the southern Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada. These are cool forests of moderate to high elevation (3,000 to 5,000 feet) which characterize mid-seral conditions. This fuelbed represents forests between 80 and 120 years old.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240,260,330,340</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>118,119,136</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>3</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="100" reference_id="1358">85</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="80" reference_id="1328">75</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="110" max="180" reference_id="459">149</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="50" max="105" reference_id="459">87</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="25" max="45" reference_id="459">40</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="20" max="55" reference_id="459">27</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183347</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>501145</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="75" reference_id="1328">35</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="80" max="140" reference_id="459">122</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="20" max="90" reference_id="459">77</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="230" reference_id="459">108</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="10" max="22" reference_id="459">16</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183347</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>501145</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="60" reference_id="1328">17</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="60" reference_id="459">30</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="30" reference_id="459">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="15" max="175" reference_id="459">50</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="10" reference_id="459">3</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>501145</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>23627</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="95">0.36613</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="95">63.365</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="40">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="140">95</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</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"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="40">15</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="120">80</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="40">17</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="80">50</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="1" max="30" reference_id="1358">15</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="10" max="60" reference_id="1358">30</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>1</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>2</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="70" reference_id="1328">45</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.9" max="16" reference_id="1358">3.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="100" reference_id="1358">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23658</tsn>
            <relative_cover>93.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35335</tsn>
            <relative_cover>7.00</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>1</is_sufficient_to_affect_fire_behavior>
      </needle_drape>
    </shrubs>
    <herbaceous>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="1" max="50" reference_id="1328">22</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.4" max="3.3" reference_id="1358">0.7</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="20" max="80" reference_id="1358">50</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">0.2</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24535</tsn>
            <relative_cover>56.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36463</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>519634</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>43593</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24055</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="20" max="65">50</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.01</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40820</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="99">81</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="8">5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2">0.5</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.3" max="4">1.6</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="6">3.3</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="12">4.3</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="25">8.9</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">3.4</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</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="0.5" max="10">0.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="12">1.6</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0.6</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="1358">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="40" reference_id="1358">11</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.6" max="4.5" reference_id="1358">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="12">2.5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="40">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.6" max="4.5">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <type/>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="3">2</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>80.00</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="69" max="100" reference_id="459">89</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="4">1.1</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="69" max="100" reference_id="459"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="4"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet" min="1.5" max="2.16">1.66</radius>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="10" reference_id="1358">3.5</depth>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre">2.8</number_per_unit_area>
        <type>2</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>
