FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Asarum caudatum | Wild Ginger 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Wild ginger is very susceptible to fire-kill.  Above and belowground
parts can be killed by fires of even light to moderate intensity.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Wild ginger is removed from the understory until it can be seeded onto
the site from an off-site source after fires of light to moderate
intensity.  Studies in Idaho and Oregon found that wild ginger presence
was significantly higher in plots that were clearcut and not burned than
in those plots that were clearcut and then broadcast burned [13,19].
Steen [19] found that wild ginger was absent from the burned stands for
up to 16 years after slash fires of moderate intensity.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Wild ginger did not occur on clearcut and burned plots but did occur on
clearcut and unburned plots in an Oregon study [19].

Related categories for Species: Asarum caudatum | Wild Ginger