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  <fuelbed_number>321</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Western hemlock-Alaska cedar forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Western hemlock and Alaska cedar forest. Occurs throughout southeast Alaska from 1000 to 2000 ft elevation. Alaska cedar codominates the overstory but western hemlock dominates in the lower canopy strata. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>131</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>Built for Landfire EVT 2040 and 2646. Used FCCS002 as base fuelbed and changed species composition and general information based on EVT 2040 and 2646 descriptions and Viereck's Closed western hemlock - Alaska cedar forest and Closed Sitka spruce - western hemlock descriptions. Nonwoody note: should be Coptis spp. or Coptis aspleniifolia.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 27, 2010</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="90">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="55" max="80">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="75" max="90">85</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="40" max="75">45</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="40" max="250">60</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="15" max="20">17</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="70">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="80">65</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="70" reference_id="1358">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="100">50</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="16">14</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="30">15</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="40">15</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="30" reference_id="1358">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="500" reference_id="459">120</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="8">2</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>90</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="70">0.39757</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="70">46.690000000000005</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="7">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="60">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="120">70</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
        <class_1_all_others>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="7">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="60">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="120">65</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="7">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="60">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="80">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="50">5</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="30" max="100">15</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>1</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>2</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="70">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="30">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="100" reference_id="1358">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23607</tsn>
            <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23684</tsn>
            <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23571</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</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="50">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.7" max="4" reference_id="1347">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">0.15</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="1358">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17866</tsn>
            <relative_cover>75</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="40">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="1347">0.3</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="30" max="90" reference_id="1358">60</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18767</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503629</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>27816</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25009</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="70">50</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="15">1</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.2" max="3">0.5</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="5">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="10">2</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="10" reference_id="1333">2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="1333">3</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="10" reference_id="1333">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">3</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">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"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <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="0" max="50" reference_id="1358">15</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.7" reference_id="1357">0.5</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15" reference_id="459">3</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2" reference_id="459">0.1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="1357">97</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.5">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>100.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <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="2.5">0.5</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="100" reference_id="1357">75</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="4">2.5</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="1358">95</percent_cover>
          <derivation>3</derivation>
        </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>
