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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>420</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Big bluestem-bluejoint grassland</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Great Lakes wet-mesic lakeplain prairie vegetation occurs in the southern central Great Lakes region and is dominated by tall grasses with some low shrubs present. Small stature scattered individuals of northern red maple, quaking aspen, green ash, or pin oak are also possible.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,250,310,320,340</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>3</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>228,252</cover_type>
  <change_agent>8</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>2</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed FCCS 131 for EVT 2411. Removed tree stratum, altered shrub and nonwoody structure and composition. Altered litter composition and depth. Changes based on EVT and NatureServe alliance descriptions.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <overstory>
          <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/>
        </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="0" max="15">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="7">2.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="100">70</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>836659</tsn>
            <relative_cover>33</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>21416</tsn>
            <relative_cover>33</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25329</tsn>
            <relative_cover>34</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="30" max="80">60</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="3" max="7">5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="3">1.5</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">70</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40462</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40544</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40913</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42102</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>530264</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="40" reference_id="5003">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="5" reference_id="5003">3</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">0.3</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5003">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>33352</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>500900</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </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>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30">20</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">1</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="100">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="3">1.5</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/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>100.0</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="1.5"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="30" max="80"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </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>
