FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Blechnum spicant | Deer Fern 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Fire is infrequent in the cool, wet forests in which deer fern is found.
Fire intervals are estimated to be several hundred years.  When
large-scale fires do occur, they are usually catastrophic [3].  Deer
fern may colonize sites after small patch fires by spores or the spread
of rhizomes from adjacent unburned areas.
 


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

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