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  <fuelbed_number>500</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Shrub steppe of the Llano Estacado escarpment</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Caprock escarpment shrub steppe in western Texas and eastern New Mexico. The shrub layer is highly variable ranging from sparse to dense with some potentially reaching tree stature. The herbaceous layer is typically sparse. </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>310,320,250</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>6</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class>5</structural_class>
  <cover_type>95,149,270,271</cover_type>
  <change_agent>18</change_agent>
  <natural_fire_regime>2</natural_fire_regime>
  <condition_class>3</condition_class>
  <user_name/>
  <address/>
  <affiliation/>
  <phone/>
  <file_owner_email/>
  <notes>Used 232 as base. Altered fuelbed based on NatureServe description and BpS 10760 description and Class B (75% of land area). Also 10940 Class B (95% of land area). Also referred to BpS 15030 description and Class A (55% of land area).</notes>
  <site_photo/>
  <date_collected>2003-09-17</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence>3</fuelbed_confidence>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="50" reference_id="7038"/>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="50"/>
          <height unit="feet" min="7" max="30" reference_id="5066"/>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="0" max="2" reference_id="7038"/>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="5" max="200" reference_id="5066"/>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="6" max="18" reference_id="5066"/>
          <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"/>
          <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="10" max="70">15</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="4" max="15" reference_id="5083">15</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="85" max="100" reference_id="7000">95</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>26879</tsn>
            <relative_cover>40</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>194812</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>194869</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>19378</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number">30</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet">5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number">90</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>28791</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>37483</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>26616</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>25136</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</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="2" max="60">25</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="3" reference_id="5083">1.5</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100" reference_id="7000">80</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2.5" reference_id="7067">0.05</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41429</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>42076</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41500</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41491</tsn>
            <relative_cover>25</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet">2</height>
        <percent_live unit="number">90</percent_live>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre">0.05</loading>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>35474</tsn>
            <relative_cover>33</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>501376</tsn>
            <relative_cover>33</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>38085</tsn>
            <relative_cover>34</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
          <zero_to_quarter_inch unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <quarter_inch_to_one_inch unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <one_to_three_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </loadings_zero_to_three_inches>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_sound_wood>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
          <three_to_nine_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <nine_to_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
          <greater_than_twenty_inches unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </loadings_greater_than_three_inches>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_rotten_wood>
      </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>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <type/>
      </moss>
      <ground_lichen>
        <percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="60" reference_id="7068">15</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.2" max="1" reference_id="7000">0.05</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>80.00</relative_cover>
          </broadleaf_deciduous>
          <broadleaf_evergreen>
            <relative_cover/>
          </broadleaf_evergreen>
          <palm_frond>
            <relative_cover/>
          </palm_frond>
          <grass>
            <relative_cover>20.00</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="7000"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="7000"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </upper>
        <lower>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="10" reference_id="7000"/>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="0.5" reference_id="7000"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </lower>
      </duff>
      <basal_accumulation>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <type/>
      </basal_accumulation>
      <squirrel_middens>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
        <number_per_unit_area unit="number_per_acre"/>
        <radius unit="feet"/>
      </squirrel_middens>
    </ground_fuel>
  </fuelbed>
</FCCS_file>
