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Southern Case Study:  Step 7 - Summary Table
We have now estimated fuel characteristics from the canopy to forest floor at the Georgia forest reserve and are ready to enter our data into the Fuel Characteristics Classification System to report on fuel characteristics and the fire hazard potential of our site.

The following table will be used to create a customized fuelbed in the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.  
Canopy characteristics
 OVERALL:
   Percent Cover 34%
 OVERSTORY (> 4 inch dbh trees):
   Density 65 stems/acre
   Dbh 9.3 inches
   Height 51.4 feet
   Height to live crown  27.1 feet
   Species composition  78% Pinus palustris
22% Quercus laevis

 MIDSTORY (2-4" dbh saplings):
   Density 65 stems/acre
   Dbh 2.8 inches
   Height 20.1 feet
   Height to live crown 7.3 feet
   Species composition   100% Quercus laevis 

 UNDERSTORY (0-2" dbh saplings):
   Density 304 stem/acre
   Dbh 1.1 inches
   Height 9.6 feet
   Height to live crown 6 feet
   Species composition   93% Quercus laevis
 
7% Pinus palustris
Shrub characteristics
 Percent cover 10%
 Height 2.3 feet
 Loading 1.21 tons/acre
 Species composition   

50% Serenoa repens 
40% Vaccinium spp.
10% Ilex glabra

Nonwoody vegetation characteristics
 Primary layer - grasses:
   Percent cover 50%
   Height 1.6 feet
   Loading 1.34 tons/acre
   Species composition  100% Aristida stricta
Woody fuel loadings
 < 0.25 inch 0.2 tons/acre
 0.25 to 1 inch   0.5 tons/acre
 1 to 3 inches 0.3 tons/acre
 3 to 9 inches 0.2 tons/acre
 > 9 inches 0.0 tons/acre
Litter characteristics
 Depth 1.1
 % cover   80%
 Type 50% broadleaf deciduous
50% long-needle pine