Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
Bull thistle seeds are wind dispersed and are easily transported from
off-site sources [18]. Seeds are often part of the seedbank, even when
plants are not present at the site. Germination is promoted by removal
of vegetation cover [23]. However, the seeds are short lived. In the
Netherlands, only 1.6 percent of ungerminated seeds were viable 1 year
after dispersal [18].
Partially burned bull thistle plants may sprout from remaining stems [23].
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
Related categories for Species: Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle
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