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  <fuelbed_number>505</fuelbed_number>
  <fuelbed_name>Northern Appalachian-Acadian rocky heath outcrop</fuelbed_name>
  <fuelbed_description>Dry, acidic oak woodland that occurs on upper slopes and summits from New England to West Virginia. Somewhat stunted red oak and other northern oaks and hardwoods dominate the open overstory. Evergreen shrubs dominate the dwarf shrub layer. Deciduous shrubs may be present also.  </fuelbed_description>
  <ecoregion>210</ecoregion>
  <vegetation_form>3</vegetation_form>
  <structural_class/>
  <cover_type>252</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 FCCS 66 for EVT 2398. Added low density overstory of P. virginiana and low cover of shrubs. Altered nonwoody species based on EVT description and NatureServe association descriptions. </notes>
  <date_collected>Sep 19, 2011</date_collected>
  <fuelbed_confidence/>
  <fuelbed>
    <canopy>
      <trees>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">40</total_percent_cover>
        <overstory>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="20">40</percent_cover>
          <height unit="feet" min="0" max="25">15</height>
          <height_to_live_crown unit="feet" min="5" max="10">5</height_to_live_crown>
          <stem_density unit="number_per_acre" min="0" max="35">10</stem_density>
          <diameter_at_breast_height unit="inches" min="0" max="5">3</diameter_at_breast_height>
          <species>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19408</tsn>
              <relative_cover>60</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19276</tsn>
              <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
            </species_description>
            <species_description>
              <tsn>19478</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"/>
          <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="10">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.5" max="8">3</height>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="50" max="100">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23579</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23610</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23604</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>23659</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>503278</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="50" max="100">20</percent_cover>
        <height unit="feet" min="1" max="5">2</height>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="2.5">0.25</loading>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="40" max="100">85</percent_live>
        <species>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>40595</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>41642</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>17224</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>501614</tsn>
            <relative_cover>20</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>33651</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
          <species_description>
            <tsn>29306</tsn>
            <relative_cover>10</relative_cover>
          </species_description>
        </species>
      </primary_layer>
      <secondary_layer>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="2" max="25"/>
        <height unit="feet" min="0.3" max="2"/>
        <loading unit="tons_per_acre" min="0" max="1"/>
        <percent_live unit="number" min="30" max="100"/>
        <species/>
      </secondary_layer>
    </herbaceous>
    <woody_fuel>
      <all_downed_woody_fuel>
        <total_percent_cover unit="number"/>
        <depth unit="inches"/>
      </all_downed_woody_fuel>
      <sound_wood>
        <all_sound_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_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>
      </sound_wood>
      <rotten_wood>
        <all_rotten_wood>
          <species/>
        </all_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>
      </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" min="0" max="25">5</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0" max="2">0.2</depth>
      </ground_lichen>
      <litter>
        <percent_cover unit="number" min="0" max="60">10</percent_cover>
        <depth unit="inches" min="0.5" max="6">0.25</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>50</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>50</relative_cover>
          </grass>
        </litter_type>
      </litter>
    </moss_lichen_litter>
    <ground_fuel>
      <duff>
        <upper>
          <depth unit="inches" min="0.1" max="3"/>
          <percent_cover unit="number" min="5" max="100"/>
          <derivation/>
          <loading unit="tons_per_acre"/>
        </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>
