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  <fuelbed_number>322</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Sitka spruce-western hemlock forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Sitka spruce and western hemlock forests occur throughout southeast Alaska and along the coast west into central Alaska. This fuelbed represents mixed stand conditions in which the overstory is codominated by Sitka spruce and western hemlock. However, stands may be dominated strongly by either nominal species.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>130,131,132,136,137</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 LF EVTs 2644, 2646 and 2654. Used FCCS010 as base and changed species composition and general infromation based on EVT descriptions and Viereck closed forest types dominated by Sitka spruce and western hemlock alone or in combination. Fuelbed is focused on the mixed stands rather than those dominated strongly by one species.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 16, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="95" reference_id="1357">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="50" reference_id="1357">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="75" max="220">110</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="40" max="150">50</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="50">25</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="40" max="70">30</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="70" reference_id="1357">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="170">80</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="90">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="80">45</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="45">20</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="30" reference_id="1357">20</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="50" reference_id="1357">15</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="20" reference_id="1357">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="200" reference_id="1358">95</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="8" reference_id="1358">4</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="100">0.81136</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="100">66.7</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="12">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="120">16</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="200" reference_id="1358">100</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</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="12">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="120">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="200" reference_id="1358">60</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="12">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="120">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="4.5" max="100" reference_id="1358">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="10">5</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="10" max="30">15</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>1</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>2</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="6">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="45" max="99" reference_id="1358">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23607</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25051</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29397</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</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="0" max="60" reference_id="1357">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.1" max="2">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">0.15</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="30" max="90" reference_id="1358">60</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24531</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25009</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>43044</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50" reference_id="1357">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.05</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="30" max="100">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17519</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="95">65</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="36">1.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</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="0.2" max="3">1.3</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="5" reference_id="1358">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="3">1</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="10">2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="5" max="25">4</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="5" max="40">5</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183309</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="30" reference_id="1357">2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="5" max="50">4</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="2" max="50">5</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="5" max="60" reference_id="1357">20</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="1.7" reference_id="1358">0.7</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="10" max="15">12</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="0.5">0.1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">95</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="2">1</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="0.5" max="5">3</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">95</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="2.5">2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100">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>
