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  <fuelbed_number>407</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Darlington oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Southern Coastal Plain dry upland hardwood forest. Occurs in the East Gulf Coastal Plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. Stands are typically dominated by Darlington oak (Quercus hemisphaerica), but may be dominated by white oak, post oak, or southern red oak. Scattered pines may be present in the canopy.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>7</structural_class>
  <cover_type>52</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2,18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>3</condition_class>
  <user_name></user_name>
  <address></address>
  <affiliation></affiliation>
  <phone></phone>
  <file_owner_email></file_owner_email>
  <notes>Created from FCCS 123 for EVT 2330. Changed canopy, shrub and nonwoody composition based on EVT description and the Q. hemisphaerica Alliance descriptions from NatureServe Explorer. Reduced canopy heights, removed stumps, reduced snag density, reduced size and density of jackpots, changed litter type designations and reduced litter depth. Changed litter to normal arrangement. Changed composition of snags and woody fuels. Removed lower duff based on reviews of hardwood fuelbeds.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence></fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="65" max="95" reference_id="5003">85</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="80" reference_id="5003">60</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="70" max="130">65</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="45" max="100">30</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="17" max="50" reference_id="452">35</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="15" max="30" reference_id="452">25</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195108</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19231</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18035</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="55" reference_id="5003">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="40" max="80">45</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="20" max="60">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="15" max="75">35</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="9" max="15" reference_id="452">13</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19283</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18074</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195108</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="35" reference_id="5003">20</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="20" reference_id="452">10</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="2.5" max="7" reference_id="5003">4</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="300" max="2200" reference_id="452">500</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.8" max="3" reference_id="452">1</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18149</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27983</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19231</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195108</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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" min="0" max="50">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="15" reference_id="452">5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="85">15</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="90">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="15" reference_id="452">5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="80">15</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="90">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="15" reference_id="452">5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="8" max="40">15</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</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="15" max="40" reference_id="5003">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15">8</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="95" reference_id="5003">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23571</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23659</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</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="12" reference_id="5003">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4" reference_id="5003">3</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.3">0.08</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="65" max="85" reference_id="5003">70</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>530264</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41548</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41645</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41635</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40450</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="4" max="50" reference_id="5000">25</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="12" reference_id="5003">2</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</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="0.3" max="1.5" reference_id="452">0.6</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.6" max="2.3" reference_id="452">1.2</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.9" max="2.4" reference_id="452">1.6</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.4" max="11" reference_id="452">1.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="12" reference_id="452">1.8</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="452">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</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="0.1" max="1.5" reference_id="452">0.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.7" reference_id="452">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="452">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>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.312145</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,,2,1,5,5.00,8.00,3.00,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </woody_fuel>
    <moss_lichen_litter>
      <moss>
        <type></type>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches"></depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="75" max="100" reference_id="5003">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="15">3</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>40.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>60.0</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" max="4" reference_id="5003">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5003">85</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches"></depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number"></percent_cover>
          <derivation></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>