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  <fuelbed_number>431</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Chinkapin oak-Shumard oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Oak dominated forest occurring on calcareous soils in the eastern Gulf Coastal Plain region. Chinkapin oak and Shumard's oak, often with other oak species, white ash, southern shagbark hickory, and maples dominate the canopy. The shrub and herbaceous layers are typically well-developed and diverse.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>4</structural_class>
  <cover_type>83</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>2</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>1</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Base fuelbed LF_415 for EVT 2328. Altered canopy, shrub and nonwoody structure and composition based on  EVT description and NatureServe association descriptions.  Also updated litter, duff and woody fuels. Reduced NW load and removed lower duff based on reviews.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 20, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="90">75</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="90">70</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="90">50</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="25">15</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="35">20</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="2" max="15">10</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>504714</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19417</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>32931</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28732</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>533161</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="45">25</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="35">20</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="20">10</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="50">25</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="1" max="5">2.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27806</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>25782</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</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"/>
          <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="65">45</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="3" max="12">8</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28723</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19511</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28602</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28446</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</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="50" max="100">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="5">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2.5">0.3</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="100">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41548</tsn>
            <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>39369</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="50">25</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="5">2</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="1">0.6</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">1</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1">1.2</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="1">1.2</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0">1</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="1">0.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.5">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/>
        <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="0" max="100">90</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="6">2</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>100.0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <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="3">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="100">90</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>
