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  <fuelbed_number>410</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Table Mountain pine-chestnut oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Southern Appalachian montane pine forest and woodland. Occurs in the southern Appalachian Mountains between 2,000 and 5,000 feet. Typically woodlands dominated by table mountain pine with or without pitch pine and Virginia pine. A dense ericaceous shrub stratum is usually present. The nonwoody stratum is generally sparse.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,230</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>4</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>63</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>2</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Created from 107 for EVT 2352. Reduced canopy, snags, woody fuels values and composition. Altered shrub and nonwoody species composition. Changed litter type designations and depth. Removed lower duff and decreased upper duff depth. Altered NW load based on reviews.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="95">50</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="75">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="45" reference_id="5105">33</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="3" max="24" reference_id="5105">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="100" max="350">75</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="13">6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183376</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19379</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="75">30</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="4" max="17">9</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="8">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="150" max="2000">150</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0" max="3.5">1.6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19379</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27821</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet"/>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches"/>
          <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="500" max="2000">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="20">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</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="4" max="10">7</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="25">20</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_3>
      </snags>
      <ladder_fuels>
        <minimum_height unit="feet" min="0" max="8">5</minimum_height>
        <maximum_height unit="feet" min="2" max="15">33</maximum_height>
        <is_vertically_contiguous>0</is_vertically_contiguous>
        <type>7</type>
      </ladder_fuels>
    </canopy>
    <shrubs>
      <primary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="15" max="90">65</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="6">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="100" reference_id="5003">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23659</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23571</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23677</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25.00</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="25">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">0.05</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100" reference_id="5000">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>505767</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</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="40" reference_id="5000">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="5105">0.1</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.5</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="2" reference_id="5105">0.1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5105">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5105">0</greater_than_twenty_inches>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183369</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>35.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5105">0.2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5105">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5105">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>
    </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="50" max="100">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3">1</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>50.0</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>25.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>25.0</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="2">2</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="40" max="85">75</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>
