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  <fuelbed_number>350</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Balsam poplar-white spruce forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Balsam poplar and white spruce forest.  Found on floodplains in central Alaska. Canopy is codominated by balsam poplar, white spruce and paper birch. Poplar and birch dominate in younger stands; spruce increases dominance as stands age. Alder and willow typically occur in shrub layer.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240,130</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>4</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>3</structural_class>
  <cover_type>106,108</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>3</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 332 as base. Altered fuelbed based on NatureServe description and BpS 16150 description and Class C (50% of land area), and Viereck I.c.1.e.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 28, 2010</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence></fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="430">60</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="75">50</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="80">77</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="60">55</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="300">130</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="9" max="16">12</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="85">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="60">54</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="40">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="400">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="9">7</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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" min="0" max="500">50</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="16">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="50">30</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="500">50</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="16">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="50">30</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="0" max="50" reference_id="430">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="20" reference_id="430">10</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="430">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>181895</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>22476</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</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>
        <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="0" max="30" reference_id="430">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="3" reference_id="430">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="1480">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="0" max="100" reference_id="5056">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>565204</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>31664</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23752</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>24054</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40544</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30"></percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.3" max="1"></height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5"></loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="0" max="100"></percent_live>
        <species></species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="40">25</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="5" reference_id="430">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</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="430">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="430">0.3</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5" reference_id="430">1.5</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="10" reference_id="430">2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10" reference_id="430">1</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>22453</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">0.5</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"></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>
        <type>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="5">2</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="430">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3" reference_id="430">2</depth>
        <arrangement>1</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>100.00</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>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="5">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="430">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="4" reference_id="430">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="90" reference_id="430">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>3</derivation>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
        <radius unit="feet"></radius>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"></number_per_unit_area>
      </squirrel_middens>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
        <radius unit="feet"></radius>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"></number_per_unit_area>
        <type></type>
      </basal_accumulation>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>