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  <fuelbed_number>404</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Yellow poplar-sugar maple-basswood forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Southern and Central Appalachian cove forests. Consists of mesophytic hardwood (some with hemlock) on sheltered topographic positions below 5000 feet in elevation in the Southern Blue Ridge and central Appalachian Mountains.  These forests have highly variable canopy composition; characteristic canopy dominants can include sugar maple, yellow poplar, white ash, and basswood.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>56,41</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>5</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Created from FCCS 269 for EVT2318. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody composition based on EVT description and component Alliance descriptions from NatureServe Explorer. Slightly altered canopy understory dbh and height and nonwoody cover values based on Alliance descriptions. Reduced snag density and removed stumps. Altered NW load and removed lower duff based on reviews.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100">95</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80" reference_id="5066">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="74" max="100" reference_id="5066">88</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="20" max="60">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="85">20</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="10" max="46" reference_id="5066">16.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18086</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18071</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32931</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="75" reference_id="5066">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="28" max="79" reference_id="5066">53</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="30">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="10" max="60">30</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="10" reference_id="5066">7.4</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24764</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28714</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183397</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="85" reference_id="5066">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="25">20</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="25">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="2000">80</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.1" max="5">3.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28714</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>23864</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24764</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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" min="0" max="20">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="28" reference_id="5066">11</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="90">75</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="50">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="28" reference_id="5066">11</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="90">70</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="20">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="3" max="28" reference_id="5066">11</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="75">55</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>21536</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28731</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="5" max="75">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="4" max="12" reference_id="4013">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="95" reference_id="5000">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18147</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19033</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23700</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</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="65">40</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="5">1.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1.5">0.3</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="0" max="85" reference_id="5000">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>821148</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>18840</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29789</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19127</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</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="5" max="20">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="15">1.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19290</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">1</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">2</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="8">3</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">2</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="5">0.5</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19290</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28727</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4" reference_id="452">2.3</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="452">0.5</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="452">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>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.233521</clean_loading>
        <dirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</dirty_loading>
        <verydirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</verydirty_loading>
        <pileData>
          <header>pileGroupID,pileGroupName,numPiles,pileType,pileShape,W1,L1,H1,W2,L2,H2,soilPercent,packingRatio,handPileSpecies,species1_TSN,species1_percent,species2_TSN,species2_percent,pileQuality,percentConsumed</header>
          <pileGroups>
            <pileGroup>2,,2,1,5,5.00,5.00,3.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </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="80" max="99">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">2</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="3.5">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="80" max="99">90</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number"/>
          <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>
