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  <fuelbed_number>284</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Green ash-American elm-silver maple-cottonwood forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Northern floodplain forest dominated by a mixture of elms, green ash, cottonwood, and silver maple.  This forest type occurs mainly in the midwestern U.S. but also is present in the Northeast. American elm makes up less of the overstory than in the past because of Dutch elm disease. Red maple may also be a dominant canopy species rather than silver maple in parts of the range. This fuelbed represents stands ranging from 40 to 85 years old.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,230,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>60</cover_type>
  <change_agent>5,18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>3</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="65" max="95">85</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="70">50</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="75" max="130">100</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="40" max="85">70</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="35" reference_id="5066">15</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="13" max="40" reference_id="5066">25</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32929</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22445</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="90">80</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="35" max="80">60</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="60">40</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="40" max="500">150</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="15">10.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19048</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28749</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="50">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="35">28</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="30">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="1000" reference_id="5066">175</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="1" max="9" reference_id="5066">3.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24539</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19504</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</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" min="0" max="100" reference_id="5066">20</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="25" reference_id="5066">13</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="100">75</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32929</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="200" reference_id="5066">40</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="25" reference_id="5066">13</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="35" max="90">70</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="200" reference_id="5066">40</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="25" reference_id="5066">13</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="80">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</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="40" reference_id="5094">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="4" max="8" reference_id="5083">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="95">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>525079</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24451</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>837726</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="50" reference_id="5094">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="10" reference_id="5083">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="95">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28602</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28606</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28821</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</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="25">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="3">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.02">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="95">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40681</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="70">40</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="5">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.3">0.1</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="95">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19121</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29181</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19127</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17596</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.3" reference_id="5098">0</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="5098">0.2</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5098">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" max="3" reference_id="5098">1.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5098">1.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5098">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5098">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5098">0.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5098">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="5">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="15" max="40">25</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4.5">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19049</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28757</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">0.098592</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,,2,1,5,5.00,5.00,1.00,,,,,,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="10" max="90">60</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.5</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>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50">10</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50"/>
          <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>
