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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>413</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Pin oak/bluestem forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Northern oak barrens occur in the northeastern US and southeastern Canada. They are typically dominated by pin oak and black oak with jack pine, or other conifers, as common associates. Stand structure ranges from open savanna to a more closed woodland with a scattered to near continuous nonwoody layer of grasses and a highly variable mix of forbs.  </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>43</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed is FCCS 154 for EVT 2395. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody structure and composition based on EVT description and NatureServe association descriptions. Also updated snag, woody fuels, litter and duff information. </notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="80">40</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="80">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="70">40</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="40">15</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="100">35</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="15">10</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19327</tsn>
              <relative_cover>45</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19447</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183319</tsn>
              <relative_cover>5</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19290</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</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" min="0" max="18">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="25" max="70">40</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15">8</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="18" reference_id="5066">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="25" max="70">35</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15">8</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="25" max="70">35</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="15">8</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</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="0" max="50">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="7" reference_id="5019">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="20" max="95" reference_id="5000">70</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19506</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28782</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23610</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23660</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</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="15" max="70">50</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="5">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2">0.5</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="90">60</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40456</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>530264</tsn>
            <relative_cover>35</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39749</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</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="15" reference_id="5000">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5085">0.5</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</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">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="1">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="1.5">0.5</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="3">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.5</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>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3">0.2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.25" reference_id="5000">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" reference_id="5000">85</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="1" max="3">1</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>75.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>25.0</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="0.5">0.4</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">60</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>
