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  <fuelbed_number>341</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Arctic tussock tundra shrubland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Low shrub and sedge dominated tussock tundra with sphagnum moss and a thin organic soil layer. Found over permafrost primarily in northern and western Alaska.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>120,130</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>3</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class></structural_class>
  <cover_type>317</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>5</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name></user_name>
  <address></address>
  <affiliation></affiliation>
  <phone></phone>
  <file_owner_email></file_owner_email>
  <notes>Used FB 97 as base. Altered fuelbed based on NatureServe description and BpS 16941 (Class B; 75% of land area).</notes>
  <site_photo></site_photo>
  <date_collected>2003-09-17</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence>3</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"></total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet"></height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches"></diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species></species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet"></height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches"></diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species></species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet"></height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches"></diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species></species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet"></height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
        <class_1_all_others>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet"></minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet"></maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous></is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type></type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="25" reference_id="1357">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2" reference_id="1357">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5056">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>505637</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19479</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>22476</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>524215</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23574</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet"></height>
        <percent_live unit="number"></percent_live>
        <species></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="50" max="90" reference_id="5056">50</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.3" max="2" reference_id="5056">1</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5056">80</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="2" max="4" reference_id="1357">1.5</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40104</tsn>
            <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39378</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet"></height>
        <percent_live unit="number"></percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"></loading>
        <species></species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"></total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre"></zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre"></quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species></species>
        </all_sound_wood>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"></greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species></species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </rotten_wood>
      <stumps>
        <sound>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </sound>
        <rotten>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </rotten>
        <lightered_pitchy>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"></stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches"></diameter>
          <height unit="feet"></height>
          <species></species>
        </lightered_pitchy>
      </stumps>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30" reference_id="1357">30</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="5" max="40" reference_id="1357">2</depth>
        <type>1</type>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30" reference_id="5056">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="4" reference_id="1357">1</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
        <arrangement></arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5056">50</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="2" max="10" reference_id="1357">1</depth>
          <derivation>2</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5056">50</percent_cover>
          <depth unit="inches" min="2" max="10" reference_id="1357">2</depth>
          <derivation>4</derivation>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet"></radius>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"></number_per_unit_area>
        <type></type>
      </basal_accumulation>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"></number_per_unit_area>
        <radius unit="feet"></radius>
      </squirrel_middens>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>