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  <fuelbed_number>331</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Sitka alder-salmonberry shrubland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Alder and salmonberry shrubland. Occurs in southern Alaska, near treeline in the southeastern region and from low to mid elevations on the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutians.  Sitka alder and salmonberry dominate the often dense shrub layer with reedgrass and various forbs and ferns in the herbaceous layer. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240,130</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>6</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>300</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 EVTs 2718 and 2652. Used FB_0095 as base and altered shrub and nonwoody species composition and structure based on EVT descriptions and Viereck open and closed alder 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="75" max="100" reference_id="1357">80</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1.5" max="15" reference_id="1357">8</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5056">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25051</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>181895</tsn>
            <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35326</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29397</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="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>100.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50" reference_id="1357">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.2" 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="90" reference_id="5056">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>566019</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17519</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17413</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3">0.25</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>25051</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181895</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" reference_id="5059">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5059">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">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>25051</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>181895</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">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/>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </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" reference_id="5057">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5057">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">0.5</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">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>
