<FCCS_file xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="cash.xsd" schemaVersion="1.4">
  <fuelbed_number>110</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>American beech-yellow birch-sugar maple forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Northern hardwoods forest dominated by beech, birch, and sugar maple. One of the most common forests in north central to northeastern North America, generally occurring below 2,500 feet in elevation. This fuelbed may occur on former farm fields, around settled areas, or on industrial forestlands, and represents stands greater than 60 years old with a history of selective tree harvest.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>38,42,44</cover_type>
  <change_agent>12</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>5</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="70" max="100" reference_id="5002">70</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="60" reference_id="5000">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="95" reference_id="5002">65</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="17" max="50" reference_id="5002">42</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="75">30</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="12.5" max="23">19.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19481</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="85" reference_id="5002">65</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="70" reference_id="5002">50</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="40" reference_id="5002">25</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="220">100</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="7.5" max="15">11</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19481</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="40" reference_id="5000">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="2" max="45">20</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="15" reference_id="5106">6</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="4000">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="7.5" reference_id="5066">6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19481</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19511</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18117</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</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" min="0" max="35" reference_id="5066">17</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="1" max="20" reference_id="5002">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="70" reference_id="5002">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="50" reference_id="5000">15</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="1" max="30" reference_id="5002">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="60" reference_id="5002">50</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="50" reference_id="5000">15</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="1" max="30" reference_id="5002">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="4.5" max="60" reference_id="5002">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="2" max="70" reference_id="5002">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1.5" max="10" reference_id="5002">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5002">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35265</tsn>
            <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>525079</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</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="80" reference_id="5106">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="5002">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="90" max="100" reference_id="5002">95</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2">0.1</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17413</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17519</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29090</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35063</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42903</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503653</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <height unit="feet"/>
        <percent_live unit="number"/>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        <species/>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5002">5</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5000">0.5</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="5106">0.4</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5106">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="5106">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="10" reference_id="5106">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="5106">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</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="2">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4.2" reference_id="5002">1</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5106">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5002">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="30" reference_id="5002">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4.5" reference_id="5002">3</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5002">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="30" reference_id="5002">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4.5" reference_id="5002">3</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19462</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </rotten>
        <lightered_pitchy>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </lightered_pitchy>
      </stumps>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.176907</clean_loading>
        <dirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</dirty_loading>
        <verydirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</verydirty_loading>
        <pileData>
          <header>pileGroupID,pileGroupName,numPiles,pileType,pileShape,W1,L1,H1,W2,L2,H2,soilPercent,packingRatio,handPileSpecies,species1_TSN,species1_percent,species2_TSN,species2_percent,pileQuality,percentConsumed</header>
          <pileGroups>
            <pileGroup>1,,1,1,5,7.00,7.00,3.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20" reference_id="5002">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="7" reference_id="5000">2</depth>
        <type>2</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="90" max="100" reference_id="5000">95</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2.5" reference_id="5002">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/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>100.00</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>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="95" max="100" reference_id="5002">99</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.5" reference_id="5002">1</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="95" max="100" reference_id="5002"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="5" reference_id="1359"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <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>