Gila
Overview
This geographic area was developed with funding from Joint Fire Sciences Project 98-1-8-06, A Risk Based Comparison of Potential Fuel Treatment Tradeoff Models. Values used came from a meeting with the Forest and Reserve District in May 2001 in Silver City, New Mexico.
Ecological Stratification
| Ecological Stratification |
Definition |
| NF | Non-forest |
| W | Woodland |
| R | Riparian |
| FW | Forested wet |
| FD | Forested dry |
Vegetation Descriptions
| SIMPPLLE Species | Definition |
| GMU | grass mountain muhly |
| GRA | grass |
| GRA-FD | grass/forested dry |
| GRA-FW | grass/forested wet |
| GRA-SMS | grass/shrub mountain mahogany |
| GRA-TAA | grass/tree quaking aspen |
| GRA-TAD | grass/tree quaking aspen/Douglas-fir |
| GRA-TDF | grass/tree Douglas-fir (wet) |
| GRA-TDF | grass/tree Douglas-fir wet |
| GRA-TDO | grass/tree Douglas-fir/oak |
| GRA-TJW | grass/tree juniper woodland |
| GRA-TMC | grass/tree mixed conifer (wet) |
| GRA-TMC | grass/tree mixed conifer (wet) |
| GRA-TMS | grass/tree mountain mahogany |
| GRA-TOC | grass/tree oak/conifer |
| GRA-TODF | grass/tree oak/Douglas-fir |
| GRA-TOPP | grass/tree oak/ponderosa pine |
| GRA-TOW | grass/tree oak woodland |
| GRA-TPI | grass/tree pinyon pine |
| GRA-TPJ | grass/tree pinyon pine/juniper |
| GWE | wetland grass |
| GWE-TCF | wetland grass/tree cottonwood forest |
| GWE-TCW | wetland grass/tree cottonwood |
| GWE-TRF | wetland grass/tree riparian forest |
| NFL | non forested |
| NPT | strip mine/quarries/gravel pits |
| NRK | rockland/talus/scree |
| PVT | private (no data) |
| SGO | shrub Gambel oak |
| SHR | shrub |
| SHR-TCF | shrub/tree cottonwood forest |
| SHR-TODF | shrub/tree oak/Douglas-fir |
| SHR-TOPP | shrub/tree oak/ponderosa pine |
| SHR-TOW | shrub/tree oak woodland |
| SHR-TRF | shrub/tree riparian forest |
| SMS | shrub mountain mahogany |
| SMZ | shrub manzanita/turbinella oak/chaparral |
| TAA | tree quaking aspen |
| TADF | tree quaking aspen/Douglas-fir |
| TCF | tree cottonwood forest |
| TCW | tree cottonwood |
| TDF | tree Douglas-fir (dry) |
| TDF | tree Douglas-fir (wet) |
| TDF-OAK | tree Douglas-fir (SS)/oak |
| TDF-TPP | tree Douglas-fir/ponderosa pine |
| TDFA | tree Douglas-fir/quaking aspen |
| TDFO | tree Douglas-fir/oak |
| TES | tree Engelmann spruce |
| TGO | tree Gambel oak |
| TJW | tree juniper woodland |
| TMC | tree mixed conifer (dry) |
| TMC | tree mixed conifer (wet) |
| TMS | tree mountain mahogany |
| TOC | tree oak/conifer |
| TODF | tree oak/Douglas-fir |
| TOPP | tree oak/ponderosa pine |
| TOW | tree oak woodland |
| TPI | tree pinyon pine woodland |
| TPJ | tree pinyon/juniper woodland |
| TPP | tree ponderosa pine (dry) |
| TPP | tree ponderosa pine (wet) |
| TPP-GRA | tree ponderosa pine (SS)/grass |
| TPP-GRA | tree ponderosa pine (SS)/grass |
| TPP-TDF | tree ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir |
| TPPO | tree ponderosa pine/oak |
| TRE | tree (no species data) |
| TRF | tree riparian forest |
| TRJ | tree Rocky Mountain juniper |
| TSF | tree subalpine fir/Engelmann spruce |
| TWF | tree white fir |
| TWP | tree white pine |
| WAT | water |
| WET | wetlands |
Size Classes
| Size Class | Definition |
| NF | Non-Forest |
| SHR | Shrub |
| SS | Seedling Sapling |
| POLE | Pole |
| MEDIUM | Medium |
| LARGE | Large |
Densities
| Density Class | Definition |
| 1 | < 10%, Non-Forest |
| 2 | 11 - 49%, Low |
| 3 | 50 - 69%, Medium |
| 4 | 70 - 100%, High |
Disturbance Processes
| Disturbance Process | Definition |
| SUCCESSION | Succession |
| LSF | Light severity fire |
| MSF | Mixed severity fire |
| SRF | Stand replacing fire |
| ROOT-DISEASE | Root disease |
| DF-BEETLE | Douglas-fir beetle |
| PP-MPB | Ponderosa pine mountain pine beetle |
| LIGHT-WSBW | Light western spruce budworm |
| SEVERE-WSBW | Severe western spruce budworm |
| ELK-HERBIVORY | Elk browsing |
| WP-MPB | White pine mountain pine beetle |