KUCHLER TYPE FIRE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
KUCHLER TYPE: Tule marshes



FUELS, FLAMMABILITY, AND FIRE OCCURRENCE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE EFFECTS ON SITE : 
Prescribed burns in a Great Salt Lake marsh showed no significant
effects on soil compaction or organic matter loss.  Tables are listed
for average heat penetration into the soil [10].


FIRE EFFECTS ON VEGETATION : 
Prescribed fires were conducted in a Great Salt Lake marsh in early
September following April drawdowns.  Burned and unburned sites were
flooded 1 week after the fires.  Total production of bulrush and
cattail did not differ between burned and unburned sites.  Bulrush
sprouted following the fire and grew to 1.3 feet (0.4 m) by the first
winter.  Shoot mass of bulrush was reduced on burned sites, and new
shoots had a lower biomass per inch of length than shoots on unburned
sites.  Cattail sprouted following the burn, but cattail stands had a
lower standing crop on burned sites at the end of the first postfire
growing season than before burning [13].


FIRE EFFECTS ON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT : 
Because both egrets and herons use dead hardstem bulrush vegetation
almost exclusively as nesting substrate, areas of unburned bulrush
stands should be maintained for nesting habitat when prescribing marsh
burns [2].


FIRE USE CONSIDERATIONS : 
Without fire many wetland areas could eventually fill in as vegetation
chokes out open water areas [8].


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


REHABILITATION OF SITES FOLLOWING WILDFIRE : 
NO-ENTRY

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