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  <fuelbed_number>326</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Willow- birch shrubland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Willow and birch shrubland. Occur on mesic sites including upper slopes, flats, side slopes throughout boreal and boreal transition areas of Alaska. Willow and birch species dominate the upper shrub layer, while ericaceous species dominate the lower shrub layer. Grasses, lichens and mosses occur in open areas among the shrubs.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>120,130,240</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>6</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>311,320</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>4</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Built for Landfire EVT 2610. Used FB095 and altered species composition and structure based on EVT description and Viereck's open tall and low shrub birch - willow shrub descriptions.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 28, 2010</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <overstory>
          <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/>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <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/>
        </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"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <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="25" max="75">40</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="4" max="8">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5056">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>22569</tsn>
            <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19478</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="75">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>894434</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>505637</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23574</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23743</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19479</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</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="50" reference_id="1357">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="3" reference_id="1357">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="1357">0.05</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5056">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40544</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40808</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</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="0" max="20">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="0.5">0.25</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22476</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5059">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="5">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22476</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</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" max="5">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="430">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"/>
          <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="40">25</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3">1</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="40">15</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="430">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3" reference_id="430">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/>
          </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="3">0.2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">0.2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5057">90</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>
