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  <fuelbed_number>275</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Chestnut-white-northern red oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Dry to dry-mesic oak-dominated forests occurring in the Appalachian Mountains on ridgetops and upper slopes, generally at elevations from 700 to 3,000 feet. This fuelbed type is most commonly found in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and New England and extends into Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Georgia. Similar forests can occur on dry soils throughout the range of chestnut oak. This fuelbed represents stands from 50 to 100 years old.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>34,50</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes/>
  <date_collected>Sep 9, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100">85</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="80">65</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="45" max="107" reference_id="5066">70</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="30" max="70" reference_id="452">50</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="95" reference_id="5066">32</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="9" max="32" reference_id="5066">17.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19379</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19290</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19408</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19288</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19447</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="65">45</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="26" max="77" reference_id="5066">51</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="50" reference_id="452">38</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="30" max="800">150</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="17" reference_id="5066">9</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18158</tsn>
              <relative_cover>12.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>23690</tsn>
              <relative_cover>12.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18086</tsn>
              <relative_cover>6.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="85">70</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="3.5" max="25" reference_id="5066">12</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="15" reference_id="452">7</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="9000" reference_id="5066">600</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.1" max="6" reference_id="5066">2.8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27821</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27806</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19454</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="5" max="50" reference_id="452">34</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="20" reference_id="452">5.7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="75" reference_id="452">51</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19379</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="12" reference_id="5066">7</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="8" reference_id="5066">6.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="42" max="52" reference_id="5066">47</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="26" reference_id="5066">14</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="6" max="13.5" reference_id="5066">9</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="35" max="65" reference_id="5066">48</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</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="40" max="80">65</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="4" max="8" reference_id="5083">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="95" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23677</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35255</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23700</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23660</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23615</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="5" max="40">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="5083">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.75" reference_id="5000">0.05</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="90" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41645</tsn>
            <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39749</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="60">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="5083">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5000">0.1</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="90" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17261</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17675</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503655</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>43594</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23767</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="50" reference_id="5000">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="12" reference_id="5000">2</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="1.5" reference_id="452">0.6</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2.5" reference_id="452">0.9</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="3" reference_id="452">1.5</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="7" reference_id="452">0.4</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="452">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="452">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2.5" reference_id="452">0.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="452">0.2</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="452">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </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="5" max="25">10</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="15" reference_id="5000">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="4" reference_id="5000">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</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">0.705965</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,,2,1,5,10.00,15.00,3.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <type/>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="90" max="100">95</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="8" reference_id="452">1.7</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>80.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>18.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>2.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="452">0.9</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5000">85</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="452"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5000"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
      </squirrel_middens>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <type/>
      </basal_accumulation>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>
