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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>455</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Red pine forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Red pine plantations are common throughout the Great Lakes region. The canopy is dominated by red pine, with other species naturally regenerating beneath in the midstory and understory. This fuelbed represents a 40 to 50 year old plantation that was thinned about 10 years ago.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210,220</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>2</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>30,31</cover_type>
  <change_agent>14</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>3</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Created from  FCCS 138 for EVT 2534. Altered composition and structure based on a description of managing red pine in Wisconsin (Martin and Lorimer 1996) and SAF 015 description of plantations (red fir with associated species naturally invading under the pines). Reduced shrub and nonwoody cover, but left species as in original fuelbed. Added stumps. Removed jackpots, ladder fuels, and altered litter composition.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 20, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="95" reference_id="5000">75</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="90">70</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="50" max="90">70</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="60">15</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="300" max="550">400</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="8" max="15">10</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183375</tsn>
              <relative_cover>75</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183319</tsn>
              <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </overstory>
        <midstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="60">15</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="25" max="75">35</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="10" max="40">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="70">20</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="4" max="12">6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18032</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19489</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </midstory>
        <understory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="65">15</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="5" max="30">10</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="1" max="15">2</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="100">40</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3">1.5</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>28728</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183295</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18032</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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="5" max="25">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="3" max="7">4</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="80" reference_id="5003">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19507</tsn>
            <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28758</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>181894</tsn>
            <relative_cover>15.00</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="20" max="65">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="6">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2">0.2</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="65" max="100">75</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17242</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29376</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503653</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>513449</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</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="80" reference_id="5000">25</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="24" reference_id="5003">1</depth>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183375</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2">0.5</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.2" max="2.5">0.5</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.1" max="2.5">1</one_to_three_inches>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.2" max="5.5">1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.4" max="24.6">1.5</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>183375</tsn>
              <relative_cover>80</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183385</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </all_rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.2" max="3.7">2.5</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0.3" max="4.3">3</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="300">250</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="5" max="8">6.5</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="2">1</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183375</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>2</type>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="30" reference_id="5003">20</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.2" max="2">1</depth>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="5003">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.2" max="1.5" reference_id="5003">0.5</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="90" reference_id="5003">75</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.6" max="1" reference_id="5003">0.8</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>75.0</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover/>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>10.0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>15.0</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="0.2" max="1.4">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="90">85</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.2" max="4"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="90"/>
          <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" min="0.5" max="4">2</depth>
        <radius unit="feet" min="0.41" max="1">1</radius>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre">40</number_per_unit_area>
        <type>2</type>
      </basal_accumulation>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>
