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  <fuelbed_number>52</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Douglas-fir-Pacific ponderosa pine/oceanspray forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Dry Douglas-fir dominated mixed conifer forests with shrub understories are located in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and northeastern Cascade Range in the dry Douglas-fir zone. Pacific ponderosa pine is a common codominant in this forest type; however, fire exclusion has reduced the presence of the less shade-tolerant ponderosa pine. This fuelbed was developed based on data from the North Cascades National Park Service Complex.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240,260,310,320,330</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>118</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>5</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="95">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="2" max="40" reference_id="1336">10</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="75" max="120">91</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="40" reference_id="1358">25</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="8" max="25" reference_id="4005">15</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="15" max="55" reference_id="4005">23.1</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>83.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>17.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="80">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="65" max="110" reference_id="1358">81</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="35" reference_id="1358">18</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="15" max="110" reference_id="4005">26</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="35" reference_id="4005">11.8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="70">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="20">10</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="5">0</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="40" max="350">220</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="5" reference_id="4005">2</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>86.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>14.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="72">0.16824</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="72">48.024</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="7.9">0.8</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="55">18.8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="120" reference_id="1358">72</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="4" reference_id="4005">1.6</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="55" reference_id="4005">13.7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="120" reference_id="1358">72</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="9.3" reference_id="4005">3.6</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="55" reference_id="4005">17.9</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="80">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>89.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="5" reference_id="1358">0</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="20" reference_id="1358">10</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="30" reference_id="4005">4</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="4" reference_id="1358">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="95" reference_id="1358">89</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25177</tsn>
            <relative_cover>43.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28517</tsn>
            <relative_cover>38.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25331</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25109</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24430</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="40" reference_id="4005">8.7</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="4005">0.3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="75" max="100" reference_id="1358">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23503</tsn>
            <relative_cover>85.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>504149</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</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="10" max="45">23</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="2">1.2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="90">70</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="0.7">0.2</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40540</tsn>
            <relative_cover>49.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>504637</tsn>
            <relative_cover>23.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41848</tsn>
            <relative_cover>13.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>508133</tsn>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40820</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40524</tsn>
            <relative_cover>2.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39786</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>797286</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>565407</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">4.7</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="3">0.7</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="97">80</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.01</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>37728</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503860</tsn>
            <relative_cover>26.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>31040</tsn>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>504530</tsn>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17444</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>20188</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35423</tsn>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="95" reference_id="1358">50</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.25" max="10">3</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1.5" reference_id="4005">0.4</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="4005">0.9</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">0.4</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="7" reference_id="4005">0.4</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1.1</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="15" reference_id="4005">0.6</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</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="7.2" reference_id="4005">0.4</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4005">2.4</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="15">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="8">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="30">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="12">6</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="30">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</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="35">13.6</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2.5" reference_id="1358">0.2</depth>
        <type>2</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">10.4</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.5" reference_id="1358">0.1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="65" max="100">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3" reference_id="4005">0.7</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>4.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">85</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1.5">1.1</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1.5"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet" min="0" max="1" reference_id="1358">0.5</radius>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.2" max="5" reference_id="1358">2</depth>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre">1.5</number_per_unit_area>
        <type>1</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>
