FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Sagewort 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
The effects of fire on Louisiana sagewort is not well documented.
Although plants are readily top-killed by all fire intensities, these
suffrutescent perennials appear moderately resistent to fire mortality
[1,2].  Generalized information indicates that plants are able to
reestablish rapidly via rhizomes and perhaps through basal sprouting.
Postfire regeneration also involves the germination of numerous
wind-dispersed seeds [12,29].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

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