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  <fuelbed_number>421</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Chinkapin oak-bur oak/giant cane forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Bluegrass savanna and woodland vegetation occurs in the Bluegrass Basin of Kentucky. Stand structure varies from open savanna to a more dense woodland of bur oak and chinkapin oak. Extensive canebrakes of giant cane can dominate the understory. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>48</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime/>
  <condition_class/>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed LF_414 for EVT 2413. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody structure and composition based on EVT description and NatureServe association descriptions. </notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="65">50</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="25" max="65">45</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="50">40</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="25">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="90">65</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="12">8</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>504714</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19287</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="50">15</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="40">30</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="2" max="15">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="150">20</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="6" reference_id="5066">4</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28714</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19254</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19235</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</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="0" max="5">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10" reference_id="5066">6.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="50">35</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10" reference_id="5066">6.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="50">30</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="15">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="4" max="10">6.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="45">30</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</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="40">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="80" max="95">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35337</tsn>
            <relative_cover>100</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="25" max="60">45</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="5" max="10">8</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.5" max="3.5">2.5</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="70" max="95">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40477</tsn>
            <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40677</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</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="30">10</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.3</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32928</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</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="459">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="459">0.4</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="459">0.8</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="3" reference_id="459">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="459">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="459">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>32928</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" max="1" reference_id="459">0</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="459">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1" reference_id="459">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>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25" reference_id="5094">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5094">0.5</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5094">0.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="60">15</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/>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>90.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>10.0</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="0.8"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="60"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="0.8"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="60"/>
          <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>
