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  <fuelbed_number>461</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Post oak-black oak forest</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Dry forests dominated by mixed oak species, usually post oak and black oak. Other oaks may also be present depending on geographic location and soil type. These forests occur mainly in the Piedmont of the southern U.S. This fuelbed represents stands greater than 90 years old.</fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>220,230,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>1</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>1</structural_class>
  <cover_type>47,53</cover_type>
  <change_agent>2,18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>1</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>2</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Used FB 281 as base. Altered fuelbed based on NatureServe description and BpS 13680 Class D (40% of land area). Mainly reduced pine percentage compared to FB 281.</notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 8, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="60" max="85">70</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="85">65</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="55">45</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="15" max="25" reference_id="5000">20</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="20" max="75" reference_id="5066">40</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="10" max="18" reference_id="5066">12</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19422</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19447</tsn>
              <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </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" min="10" max="50" reference_id="5000">35</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="15" max="25">20</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="12" reference_id="5000">8</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="50" max="300">100</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="3" max="8">6</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19223</tsn>
              <relative_cover>25.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>18158</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>27806</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>24764</tsn>
              <relative_cover>15.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </understory>
      </trees>
      <snags>
        <class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="45">0.1643</percent_cover>
          <height_to_crown_base unit="feet" min="0" max="45">30.015</height_to_crown_base>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="15">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="55">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183335</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_conifers_with_foliage>
        <class_1_all_others>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="20">15</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="55">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>100.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_1_all_others>
        <class_2>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">5</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="10" max="18">12</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="30" max="55">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183335</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </class_2>
        <class_3>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="10">2</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="15">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="20" max="50">45</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183335</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>50.00</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" reference_id="5094">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="2" max="10" reference_id="5083">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="95">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23610</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23580</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="25" reference_id="5094">10</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="15" reference_id="5083">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="60" max="95">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>43340</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28606</tsn>
            <relative_cover>50.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </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="0" max="25">5</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="3.5" reference_id="5083">2.5</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0.2">0.01</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="75" max="95">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41645</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42076</tsn>
            <relative_cover>30</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36223</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>36611</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="35">20</total_percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="2">1</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="2.5" reference_id="5013">0.6</zero_to_quarter_inch>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5013">0.9</quarter_inch_to_one_inch>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="3" reference_id="5013">2.3</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="5" reference_id="5013">3.8</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="7" reference_id="5013">6.1</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5013">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="2" reference_id="5013">1.1</three_to_nine_inches>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2" reference_id="5013">0</nine_to_twenty_inches>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="0" reference_id="5013">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="140">40</stem_density>
          <diameter unit="inches" min="8" max="18">10</diameter>
          <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="1.5">1</height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>183335</tsn>
              <relative_cover>70.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>30.00</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
          </species>
        </rotten>
        <lightered_pitchy>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre"/>
          <diameter unit="inches"/>
          <height unit="feet"/>
          <species/>
        </lightered_pitchy>
      </stumps>
      <piles>
        <clean_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.135893</clean_loading>
        <dirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</dirty_loading>
        <verydirty_loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.000000</verydirty_loading>
        <pileData>
          <header>pileGroupID,pileGroupName,numPiles,pileType,pileShape,W1,L1,H1,W2,L2,H2,soilPercent,packingRatio,handPileSpecies,species1_TSN,species1_percent,species2_TSN,species2_percent,pileQuality,percentConsumed</header>
          <pileGroups>
            <pileGroup>2,,3,1,5,3.00,5.00,1.50,,,,,,1,,,,,,90</pileGroup>
          </pileGroups>
        </pileData>
      </piles>
    </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="50" max="95">80</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="3.5" reference_id="5013">2</depth>
        <arrangement>1</arrangement>
        <litter_type>
          <short_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>0</relative_cover>
          </short_needle_pine>
          <long_needle_pine>
            <relative_cover>0</relative_cover>
          </long_needle_pine>
          <other_conifer>
            <relative_cover>0</relative_cover>
          </other_conifer>
          <broadleaf_deciduous>
            <relative_cover>90</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover>0</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover>0</relative_cover>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5013">1</depth>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100">95</percent_cover>
          <derivation>1</derivation>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="1" reference_id="5013"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="50" max="100"/>
          <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>
