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Table 3 Oven-dried preburn fuel moisture values (%) collected on 28 June 1997 at the Magitchlie Creek Experimental Fire study area, Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. Duff includes both upper and lower duff. Woody fuel moistures were not collected due to lack of woody fuel onsite

From: Observed versus predicted fire behavior in an Alaskan black spruce forest ecosystem: an experimental fire case study

Fuel type

Preburn fuel moisture (%)

Tree foliage (needles)

102

Shrubs

87

Lichens

9

Feather moss

15

Duff

70 to 140