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  <fuelbed_number>224</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Quaking aspen forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Quaking aspen forests are found throughout the intermountain West.  This fuelbed was developed based on data from Zion National Park and is dominated by quaking aspen with a small component of gambel oak, ponderosa pine, and white fir. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>310,320,330,340</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>124</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>4</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>4</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">90</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="60">35</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="100">70</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="70">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="80" reference_id="4006">38.6</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="20" reference_id="4006">10.4</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>98.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19337</tsn>
              <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="95">70</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="80">45</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="60">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="350" reference_id="4006">128.4</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="15" reference_id="4006">8.7</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19337</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>194872</tsn>
              <relative_cover>2.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="80">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="20" reference_id="4006">4</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="5">0</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="75" max="4500" reference_id="4006">1300</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.1" max="5" reference_id="4006">0.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19337</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181826</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</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="4" max="50" reference_id="4006">16</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="20" reference_id="4006">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="90">75</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>97.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19337</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="70" reference_id="4006">32</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="20" reference_id="4006">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="75">50</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>97.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="20">4</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="4" max="50">25</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>0</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>7</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="80" reference_id="4006">40.3</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="6" reference_id="4006">1.6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35338</tsn>
            <relative_cover>82.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35498</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25121</tsn>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24847</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4006">0.3</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="1">0.3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18832</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100.00</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="20" max="90" reference_id="4006">62</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="4" reference_id="4006">1.4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">85</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.3" max="2">1</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41088</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>525105</tsn>
            <relative_cover>11.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>784287</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>504467</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39786</tsn>
            <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39860</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40486</tsn>
            <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>502264</tsn>
            <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41082</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>502267</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="80" reference_id="4006">41.1</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="3.5" reference_id="4006">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="100">70</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.01" max="1">0.05</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>26331</tsn>
            <relative_cover>53.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35423</tsn>
            <relative_cover>17.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36213</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25964</tsn>
            <relative_cover>8.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>20358</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>31666</tsn>
            <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35061</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503341</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>508158</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>823868</tsn>
            <relative_cover>1.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="70">50</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="5">2</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="4006">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="4006">0.6</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4" reference_id="4006">1.8</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="4006">5.9</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4006">1.9</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4006">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>97.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19337</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</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="10" reference_id="4006">2.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4006">0.9</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="4006">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195773</tsn>
              <relative_cover>97.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183365</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</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"/>
          <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>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.104844</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>2,,1,1,5,4.00,8.00,2.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <type/>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.3</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>75.00</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="50" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2" reference_id="4006">0.9</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="6" reference_id="4006"/>
          <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>
