FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Lycopodium annotinum | Stiff Clubmoss 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Stiff clubmoss is most likely killed by all but very quick, light fires.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
After fires on mesic black spruce (Picea mariana) sites in interior
Alaska, stiff clubmoss was not present in abundance in the newly burned
stage (0 to 1 year after fire) and did not reach its greatest cover
until 90 to 200 years later.  However, in white spruce stands, stiff
clubmoss was present from the newly burned stage through the hardwood
stage (stand age 46 to 150 years) [11].

Dyrness [7] reported that stiff clubmoss did not sprout in white
spruce/bog Labrador tea/mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
communities within 2 years after clearcutting and burning.

The number of stems present after clearcutting and burning balsam
fir-red spruce (Picea rubra) woodlots in southwestern New Brunswick were
reported as follows [16]:
                   
                     preburn           151
          after clearcutting            33
               after burning             0
        1 year after burning             0

Stiff clubmoss was not present in burns less than 7 years old in
mixed-hardwood stands in New Brunswick [31].  However, in black
spruce-feathermoss stands in Labrador, it attained prefire frequencies
in about 5 years [12].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Lycopodium annotinum | Stiff Clubmoss