Table 3-1 : Merchantable Timber Characteristics for Ashley Lake Section 



Merchantable Timber Characteristics 



Species Comp 



Gross 

 Vol/Ac 



TPA 



BA/AC 



Avg. 

 D.B.H. 



Avg. HT 



Avg. 

 Age 



Growth 

 rate/trend 



Habitat Types 



DF- 60%, WL-20%, 



AF-15%,LP-3%, 



ES-1%, PP-1% 



15.8 



131 



120 



11" 



80 



190 



8/D 



PSME/PHMA 



PSME/LIBO 



PSME/SYAL 



ABGR/LIBO 



ABLA/CLUN 



ABLA/LIBO 



ABLA/MEFE 



SPECIES COMP= species composition: DF= Douglas-fir, PP= Ponderosa pine, WWP= Western white pine 

 WL= Western larch, LP= Lodgepole pine, AF= Alpine fir, GF= Grand fir ES= Engelmann Spruce. 



GROSS VOL/AC= gross volume per acre measured in thousand board feet (MBF); TPA= trees per acre; BA/AC= basal area per 

 acre measured in square feet; AVG DBH= average diameter at breast height; AVG HT= average height in feet; AVG AGE= 

 average age in years; GROWTH RATE/TREND= radial growth for last ten years measured in 20ths of an inch and letters indicate 

 growth trend with D= Decreasing. Habitat Types= PSME/PHMA= Douglas-fir/ninebark, PSME/LIBO= Douglas-fir/twinflower, 

 PSME/SYAL= Douglas-fir/snowberry, ABGR/LIBO= Grand fir/ twinflower, ABLA/CLUN= Alpine fir/queencup beadlily, 

 ABLA/L1B0= Alpine fir/ twinflower, ABLA/MEFE= Alpine fir/menziesia. 



B. Cover Type Distribution 



1. Kalispell Unit Cover Types 



Estimates of current and appropriate cover types were determined at the landscape 

 level for the entire Kalispell Unit. The Kalispell Unit Stand Level Inventory 

 (SLI) was used in conjunction with John Losensky's 1997 report Historical 

 Vegetation of Montana to compare what this landscape may have looked like 

 historically in regards to amount and distribution of cover types. 



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