FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Woodwardia virginica | Chain-Fern 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Chain-fern is top-killed by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Chain-fern was found in recently burned areas of the Dismal Swamp,
indicating rapid regeneration following fire [20].  In the Okefenokee
Swamp, "prairies" result from severe fires which kill woody vegetation
and burn away the upper part of the peat bed.  Chain-ferns may not
survive these fires, but several herbaceous plants, including chain-fern,
eventually invade the "prairies" [5].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Woodwardia virginica | Chain-Fern