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Table 1 Distribution of Scott and Burgan (2005) fuel models found in the VALL with the aggregated totals for grass, shrub, and timber fuel model categories.

From: Modeling Fire Pathways in Montane Grassland-Forest Ecotones

Fuel name

Fuel model

Area (km2)

Percentage of VALL

Urban/developed

NB1

0.64

0.18

Open water

NB8

0.12

0.03

Bare ground

NB9

1.10

0.31

Short, sparse dry climate grass

GR1

1.06

0.30

Low load dry climate grass

GR2

41.89

11.66

Moderate load dry climate grass

GR4

13.67

3.81

Modified GS4 valle wetland

CUS

26.73

7.44

Low load dry climate grass shrub

GS1

3.55

0.99

Moderate load dry climate grass shrub

GS2

8.09

2.25

Low load dry climate shrub

SH1

0.03

0.01

Very high load dry climate shrub

SH7

0.68

0.19

Low load dry climate timber grass shrub

TU1

45.94

12.79

Very high load dry climate timber shrub

TU5

94.56

26.32

Low load compact conifer litter

TL1

1.04

0.29

Moderate load conifer litter

TL3

98.96

27.54

Long needle litter

TL8

21.25

5.91

Total

 

359.32

100.00

Aggregate categories

Grass

 

94.99

26.44

Shrub

 

0.71

0.20

Timber

 

261.75

72.85