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  <fuelbed_number>288</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Bald cypress-water tupelo forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Swamp forest dominated by bald cypress and water tupelo occurs in very poorly drained areas of floodplains throughout the Southeast coastal plain and throughout the Southeast U.S. This fuelbed represents stands from 70 to 150 years old. This fuelbed will burn only in very dry years because it is normally flooded for much of the year.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>4</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>90</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/>
  <date_collected>Sep 9, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5094">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5094">80</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="60" max="130" reference_id="5083">90</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="20" max="80">60</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="90" max="1000">100</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="15" max="40">20</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195925</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="45">20</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="35" max="90">55</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="60">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="600">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="20">10</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22465</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22484</tsn>
              <relative_cover>3.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</tsn>
              <relative_cover>2.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <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/>
        </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="10">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="130" reference_id="5066">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</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="10">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="120">50</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">3</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="100">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="15">6</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="80">40</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>0</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>3</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="2" max="25" reference_id="5094">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="5" max="30" reference_id="5083">10</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>32952</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24202</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23449</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>505398</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</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" reference_id="5094">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="3" reference_id="5083">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.05">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5094">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41645</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18221</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>34357</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39128</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36043</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40888</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <height unit="feet"/>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        <percent_live unit="number"/>
        <species/>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="40">20</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>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</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" max="3" reference_id="1359">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="1359">0.2</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4" reference_id="1359">0.5</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="8" reference_id="1359">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="1359">1</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="1359">1</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</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">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">2</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">2</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="0" max="20">10</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">20</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4.5">3</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18041</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27824</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>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <type>1</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">10</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.25" max="2">1</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="100">50</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1">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>60.00</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>40.00</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="2" reference_id="5084">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80">40</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5084"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80"/>
          <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>
