<FCCS_file xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" schemaVersion="1.4" xsi:schemaLocation="conf\\us.fed.fs.fera.fccs.xsd">
  <fuelbed_number>305</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Red alder forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>This forest is dominated by red alder with a mix of Douglas-fir and western hemlock and is found along the Pacific Coast from southeast Alaska to Santa Barbara, California and seldom occurs more than 200 miles inland or at a elevation greater than 3,000 feet.     </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240,260</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>128</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>3</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name>Roger Ottmar</user_name>
  <address/>
  <affiliation>USDA Forest Service</affiliation>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Used FCCS fuelbed 001 as a baseline, then used expert opinion and SAF 221 summary along with Deal, R.L., Harrington, CA, eds. 2006. red alder--state of knowledge. General Technical report PNW-GTR-669.  Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Northwest Research Station.    </notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 16, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="1364">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="70" reference_id="7000">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="80" max="165">70</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="50">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="2" max="45">20</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="20" max="60">15</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19474</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80">50</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="35" max="70">30</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="30">15</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="20" max="200">50</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="7" max="25">8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19474</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="70" reference_id="7000">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="8" reference_id="7024">4</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="1" reference_id="7000">0.5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="90" max="1200" reference_id="7024">400</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1">0.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19474</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</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="1" max="8" reference_id="7053">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="18">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="85" reference_id="7024">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195735</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="1" max="8" reference_id="7053">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="2" max="18">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="70" reference_id="7024">50</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195735</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="1" max="16">4</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="18">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="60" reference_id="7024">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</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="90" reference_id="7053">60</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="15" reference_id="5083">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="99" reference_id="7000">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35332</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>523904</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28742</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25007</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19507</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18832</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25177</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25109</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</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="30">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="5083">0.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.05" max="1">0.1</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="7000">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17148</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>34933</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503656</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18676</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42905</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18354</tsn>
            <relative_cover>5.00</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="2" max="20" reference_id="7053">5</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="5" reference_id="7000">1</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19474</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</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">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0.8</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="6">1.3</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="5">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19474</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</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="20">3</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="20">2</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">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="0" max="10">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="18">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">2</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183424</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>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="100" reference_id="7000">40</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3" reference_id="7000">0.5</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="70" reference_id="1358">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1" reference_id="7000">0.1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="100" reference_id="7000">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="6" reference_id="7000">0.5</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>70.00</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="0.1" max="6" reference_id="7000">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100" reference_id="7000">100</percent_cover>
          <derivation>2</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="6"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100" reference_id="7000"/>
          <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>