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Name:   Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) Interagency Guidebook Reference Conditions. Kenai Mountain Hemlock - KMHM(KMHM)

Date Published:  6/27/2004

Document Type:  report

Brief Description:  The Kenai Mountain Hemlock PNV occupies sites at high elevations on upper mountain slopes in the maritime climate of the eastern and southern coasts of the Kenai Peninsula (Ager 1999, DeVelice et al 1999).

Complete Description:  The Kenai Mountain Hemlock PNV occupies sites at high elevations on upper mountain slopes in the maritime climate of the eastern and southern coasts of the Kenai Peninsula (Ager 1999, DeVelice et al 1999). This PNV group may also be found in isolated frost pockets or on steep north-facing slopes at lower elevations (Viereck et al 1992). Typical elevations range from 400 to 500 meters. Slope gradients are steep - 45 to 60 percent. The Kenai Mountains rise to approximately 2000 m and occupy the transitional zone between the boreal-like conditions and vegetation of the western Kenai Lowlands and the northwestern Kenai Mountains and the wet and more temperate coastal areas to the east and south (Ager 1999). Average annual precipitation ranges from 1,720 mm/yr in Seward on the southern coast to 1,963 at Portage in the northeast section of this PNV range (Leslie 1989). Soils are shallow and often poorly drained, and may be weakly to well developed. Soils may be either predominantly mineral or organic (Viereck et al 1992).

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