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  <fuelbed_number>424</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Pondcypress/dahoon holly/sedge forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Southern Coastal Plain nonriverine cypress domes are dominated by pondcypress with a mixture of other hydrophytic trees and shrubs. Herbaceous vegetation can be dense and is typically dominated by sedges (Carex spp. and Rhynchospora spp. are typical). The shrub stratum may be sparse or dense and is typically more dense toward the outside of the dome where trees are smaller and less dense. Muck or peat soils are common.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>230,410</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>4</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>101</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>5</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed LF 438 for EVT 2460. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody structure and composition based on the EVT description, NatureServe Explorer association description.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="5094">80</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">65</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="60">55</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="40">25</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="90" max="1000">400</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="5" max="13">10</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>541138</tsn>
              <relative_cover>65</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>195925</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18036</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="45">35</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="10" max="40">35</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="25">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="600">200</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="10">7</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18070</tsn>
              <relative_cover>34</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>33</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>504254</tsn>
              <relative_cover>33</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="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="0" max="13">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="60">55</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>541138</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">1</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="0" max="13">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="60">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>541138</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="0" max="13">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="60">40</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>541138</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="10" max="60">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="3" max="15">6</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>21416</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>34786</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>27992</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23449</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>507899</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</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="5" max="75">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.75">0.15</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5094">80</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>21992</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>501278</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40171</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39195</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</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">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>541138</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="3" reference_id="1359">0.2</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="1359">0.2</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4" reference_id="1359">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="8">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="10">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>541138</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="2">0.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="4">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>
      </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" min="0" max="20">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="40">8</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="1" max="4.5">3</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>541138</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="50">25</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.25" 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">30</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>40.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>20.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>20.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>20.0</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="6">4</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80">40</percent_cover>
          <derivation>2</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="6"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="20" max="80"/>
          <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>
