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  <fuelbed_number>12</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Red fir-mountain hemlock-lodgepole pine-western white pine forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>This fuelbed represents upper montane forests on the west side of the northern Sierra Nevada, composed of a mix of mountain hemlock, red fir, white pine, and lodgepole pine.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>260,340</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>112,117</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/>
  <site_photo/>
  <date_collected>2003-09-17</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence>3</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="22" max="88" reference_id="458">68</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="88">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="60" max="175" reference_id="1372">80</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="4" max="20" reference_id="1372">6</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="52" max="458" reference_id="458">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="7" max="35" reference_id="458">18.6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181834</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>26.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183327</tsn>
              <relative_cover>24.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183356</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</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="4" max="28">8</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="2" max="10" reference_id="1372">4</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="2" reference_id="1372">1</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="500" max="1300" reference_id="458">1000</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.05" max="5">1</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181834</tsn>
              <relative_cover>49.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183327</tsn>
              <relative_cover>13.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183356</tsn>
              <relative_cover>13.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="88">1.31947</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="88">58.696000000000005</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">4.2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="60">15</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="170" reference_id="462">88</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</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="25">10.3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="60">15.7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="15" max="160">80</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">0.7</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="60">27</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="4.5" max="150">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="20">8</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="15" max="50">35</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>0</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>1</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15" reference_id="458">1</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.6" max="2.3" reference_id="7001">1.3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="45" max="99" reference_id="1358">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24486</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24496</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</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>0</is_sufficient_to_affect_fire_behavior>
      </needle_drape>
    </shrubs>
    <herbaceous>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="45" reference_id="1372">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.25" max="0.75" reference_id="1372">0.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="95" reference_id="1358">75</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2">0.05</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39333</tsn>
            <relative_cover>48.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39786</tsn>
            <relative_cover>48.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41113</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="3" max="38" reference_id="458">7</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="1358">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="25" max="75" reference_id="1358">55</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.01</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35921</tsn>
            <relative_cover>56.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>37693</tsn>
            <relative_cover>22.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>507601</tsn>
            <relative_cover>22.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="90" reference_id="462">63</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3" reference_id="462">1.6</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="462">0.3</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3.5" reference_id="462">0.6</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.3" max="5.6" reference_id="462">1.1</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="4.2" reference_id="462">0.6</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="20" reference_id="462">4.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="12">7</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181834</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</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="4.2" reference_id="462">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="20" reference_id="462">3.6</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="12" reference_id="462">5</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</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" min="0" max="2">0.3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="2.5" max="60">11</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="4" reference_id="1358">2.5</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</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" min="0" max="13" reference_id="458">2</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="1358">0.4</depth>
        <type>2</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="27" max="99" reference_id="458">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.4" max="3" reference_id="458">1.3</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>21.00</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>13.00</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>53.00</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>7.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="80" max="100">96</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="1372">1.4</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="80" max="100"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="1358">0.83</radius>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="8" reference_id="1358">3</depth>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre">100</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>
