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<FCCS_file xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" schemaVersion="1.4" xsi:schemaLocation="conf\\us.fed.fs.fera.fccs.xsd">
  <fuelbed_number>412</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Dwarf bilberry-bog blueberry shrubland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Acadian and Appalachian woodlands and barrens occur at high elevations in the northeastern US and southeastern Canada.  These systems are characterized by a dominant dwarf shrub layer, sometimes with stunted Picea mariana and Abies balsamea scattered throughout. Patches of bare ground and rock are also common, as are areas of mosses or lichens. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>6</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>164</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>4</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed is FCCS 115 for EVTs 2386 and 2389. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody structure and composition based on EVT and NatureServe association descriptions. Also updated woody, LLM and ground fuels strata. Cover type similar to SRM 209 Montane shrubland.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">10</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">10</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="8" max="30">10</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="10">0</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="20">10</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="8">5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183302</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18032</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <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/>
        </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"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <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="20" max="100">60</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="10">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="100">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23574</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23587</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23743</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>520050</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10.00</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="20" reference_id="5000">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.3">0.03</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="100">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39220</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36223</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</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="0" max="10" reference_id="5000">5</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.25" max="2">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183302</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18032</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="0.3">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="1">0.7</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="1" max="3">0.7</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="0.2">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0">0</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>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183302</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18032</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.3">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0">0</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"/>
          <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>1</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30">15</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1.5">1</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="15">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="75">50</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1">0.5</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>5.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>95.0</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="1" reference_id="5058">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="75">40</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="20"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="75"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </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>
