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  <fuelbed_number>183</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest - precommercial thin</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>This fuelbed describes a 10- to 15-year-old second growth forest, predominantly composed of loblolly and shortleaf pine, and occurring throughout the interior of the southeastern coastal plain. Scattered slash pine and longleaf pine may also be included, depending on geographic location. Various hardwood species may be co-dominant in the canopy. The dense, naturally-regenerating forest was precommercially thinned less than 1 year previously to reduce stocking. Thinning slash and shrubs are the primary fuels.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>71</cover_type>
  <change_agent>14</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</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="60" max="95" reference_id="5000">70</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="75" reference_id="5000">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="15" max="35" reference_id="5001">25</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="15" reference_id="5000">7</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="350" max="750" reference_id="5001">500</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="3.5" max="6" reference_id="5000">5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18037</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183335</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18036</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</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="20" max="60" reference_id="5000">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="2" max="15" reference_id="5000">4</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1.5" max="10" reference_id="5000">2</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="700" reference_id="5000">400</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="5000">1</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19027</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</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"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5000">1</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="10" max="25" reference_id="5000">15</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>0</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>5</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="40" reference_id="5000">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15" reference_id="5000">10</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="75" max="100" reference_id="5000">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>27986</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>32973</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23571</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="60" reference_id="5000">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="3" max="25" reference_id="5000">5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5000">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24848</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28602</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28821</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>43340</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</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="5" max="50" reference_id="5000">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="3.5" reference_id="5000">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="65" max="85" reference_id="5000">75</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">0.2</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40450</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40901</tsn>
            <relative_cover>33.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>32.00</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="50" max="95" reference_id="5000">85</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="5" max="24">6</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.3" max="1.5" reference_id="5020">0.9</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="2" max="4.5">4</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="3" max="10">8.2</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="5" max="15" reference_id="5020">10.6</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</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="5">4.4</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="5">1.4</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5000">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="1000" max="6250" reference_id="5000">3000</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="6">4</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.25" max="2" reference_id="5000">0.5</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="140" reference_id="5033">40</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="12" reference_id="5000">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="1.5" reference_id="5000">1</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</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>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.097134</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,,5,1,5,4.00,4.00,3.00,,,,,,2,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5000">2</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5000">0.5</depth>
        <type>2</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5000">2</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5000">0.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="95" reference_id="5000">75</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1.5" max="3" reference_id="5000">2</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>9.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5000">85</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.5">1.2</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5000"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.5"/>
          <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>
