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  <fuelbed_number>37</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Ponderosa pine-Jeffrey pine forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Mature conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada composed of mixed long-needle pines. Fire exclusion in this fuelbed has increased trees such as Douglas-fir, white fir, and incense cedar in the understory.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>260,340</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>144,154</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2,3</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>3</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes/>
  <date_collected>Sep 9, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="90">60</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="75">52</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="80" max="130" reference_id="462">116</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="20" max="90" reference_id="462">50</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="20" max="35">15</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="30" max="45" reference_id="462">37</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183345</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="1" max="25" reference_id="1343">8</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="90">65</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="40" reference_id="1358">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="30" max="100">55</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="10" max="23">16</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>501145</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25" reference_id="1343">4</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="4" max="50" reference_id="1358">25</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="15" reference_id="1358">2</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="25" max="300" reference_id="7010">147</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="15" reference_id="7010">8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>501145</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="65">0.6856</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="65">43.355000000000004</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15">4</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="2" max="80" reference_id="1358">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="90">65</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="15" reference_id="1358">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="80" reference_id="1358">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="130" reference_id="1358">100</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15" reference_id="1358">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="80" reference_id="1358">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="4" max="100" reference_id="1358">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="15">2</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="4" max="50">25</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>1</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>7</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50" reference_id="1343">6</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="8" reference_id="1358">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="99" reference_id="1358">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25290</tsn>
            <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23512</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20" reference_id="1343">7</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="1420">0.3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="1358">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28499</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </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="0" max="20" reference_id="1343">4</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.4" max="2.5" reference_id="1358">0.8</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">0.3</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="5" max="95" reference_id="1358">50</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39786</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>525113</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41103</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>525109</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15" reference_id="1343">3</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.6" max="2.5" reference_id="1389">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="10" max="90" reference_id="1358">60</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>33093</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36148</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>38684</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="80">40</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.01" max="4">2</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.1</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2.5">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="3.5">1.5</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">1.2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="7">2.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">0.6</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">2.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">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="0" max="5" reference_id="1358">0.5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.3" reference_id="1358">0.3</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.05" max="2">0.3</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>82.00</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>15.00</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>3.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.05" max="3">2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">85</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.05" max="3"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </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" min="1" max="6">2.5</depth>
        <radius unit="feet" min="0.16" max="2" reference_id="1358">0.5</radius>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre">4.5</number_per_unit_area>
        <type>2</type>
      </basal_accumulation>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>
