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  <fuelbed_number>266</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Sugar maple-basswood forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Deciduous forest dominated by sugar maple and basswood with various other tree species including northern red oak, white ash, and elm species occurring in the overstory. Primarily in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, but can also occur throughout the central and northern hardwood forest regions. Basswood and maple are fire-sensitive. Mature forests dominated by these species do not burn readily and have generally had long fire-free periods (~150 years or more) or have had only patchy surface fires.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>39</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</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="50" max="95">70</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="95">70</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="60" max="115" reference_id="5066">75</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="30" max="60" reference_id="5000">50</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="20" max="108" reference_id="5072">73</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="10" max="36">18</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32931</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19408</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19048</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="75">50</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="50" reference_id="5066">40</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="8" max="25">15</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="18" max="150" reference_id="5066">35</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="15" reference_id="5066">8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19511</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32931</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24764</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32945</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19040</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="40">25</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="40">23</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="15">8</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="1500" reference_id="5066">400</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="5" reference_id="5066">1.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32931</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19511</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24763</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24806</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>505788</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="0" max="12" reference_id="5066">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5.5" max="20" reference_id="5066">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="80" reference_id="5066">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>55.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19050</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15" reference_id="5066">10</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="12" reference_id="5066">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="50" reference_id="5066">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>55.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19050</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15" reference_id="5066">10</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6.7" max="11.5" reference_id="5066">8.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="50" reference_id="5066">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>55.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19050</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45.00</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="5" max="30">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="10">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="90">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19506</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="30">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="5">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="90">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24462</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28605</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28610</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="0" max="30">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="1.5">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="0" max="90">75</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.25</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>565909</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>34796</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>22787</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17173</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17311</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="25">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="0" max="90">75</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.1</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </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="15" reference_id="5058">1</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">0.5</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">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="8">3</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="8">2</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="5002">0.2</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</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" reference_id="5002">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5002">1</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5002">0.2</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</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" min="0" max="10">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="30">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">3</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</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">0.233521</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,,2,1,5,5.00,5.00,3.00,,,,,,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="95">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.25" max="3">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="50" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1.35">1</depth>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3"/>
          <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>