FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Selaginella densa | Little Clubmoss 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Little clubmoss is killed by fire except where it is protected by site
conditions [51].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Generally, clubmosses are lacking following recent fire or other major
disturbance [55].  In a study of paired stands in mixed grass prairie in
Manitoba, little clubmoss cover was 14.9 percent in a control plot, 6.2
percent following a single fire and 2.3 percent following two fires
[67].  In paired stands in western North Dakota, the frequency of
little clubmoss was much less following fires that burned from 3 months
to 4 years before sampling [17].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed fire can be used to reduce the cover of little clubmoss.  Any
method of reducing little clubmoss would be most successful if done
during a cycle of wet years on the mixed prairie, as drought would
severely set back the recovery of desirable vegetation [1].

Related categories for Species: Selaginella densa | Little Clubmoss