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  <fuelbed_number>355</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Hemlock-Alaska cedar / blueberry forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Pacific Maritime coniferous woody wetlands.  Occur at various topo-positions throughout southern Alaska. Scattered to moderately dense conifers form a stunted canopy over a fairly dense shrub layer dominated by ericaceous species. Single tree species or combinations of mountain hemlock, Alaska cedar, western hemlock are typical (shore pine, sitka spruce, or western redcedar may also occur).  Poorly drained soils may be shallow to deep and usually have thick organic layer and some peat development.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>240</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>5</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>112,125,311</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 328 as base. Altered fuelbed based on NatureServe CES 203.378 description and BpS 16810 Class A (100% of land area).</notes>
  <date_collected>Aug 22, 2012</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence></fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15">45</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15">45</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="35">10</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="15">2</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="50">55</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="1" max="10">5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183400</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183402</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5056">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23607</tsn>
            <relative_cover>55</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>894429</tsn>
            <relative_cover>45</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 />
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"></loading>
      </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">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.3" max="2">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="3">0.05</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503629</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>505480</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>504295</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40079</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet"></height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre"></loading>
        <percent_live unit="number"></percent_live>
        <species></species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="-2" max="-2">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="-2" max="-2">1</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183396</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>822596</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.25</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.25</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.5</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species></species>
        </all_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>
      </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>1</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="95">45</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="15">2</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50">35</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1">0.5</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>10.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>10.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover></relative_cover>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>80.0</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="2" max="10" reference_id="1357">4</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="80" max="100">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="2" max="10">2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="80" max="100">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>