FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Aster conspicuus | Showy Aster 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Showy aster is moderately resistant to fire, typically sprouting from
surviving rhizomes.  Rhizomes usually survive light- to
moderate-severity fires that do not cause excessive soil heating [4,8].

After fire, showy aster also regenerates from wind-dispersed and
soil-stored seed [5,20,24].  Growth is stimulated after fire, resulting
in mass flowering in the first few postfire years [22,23,24].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - on-site seed

Related categories for Species: Aster conspicuus | Showy Aster