FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Darlingtonia californica | California Pitcher Plant 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
California pitcher plant grows on sites with running water which seem
unlikely to burn most years. However, it does grows in bright sunlight
and may well be a seral species like other pitcher plants.  The shallow
rhizome is covered by imbricate, sheathing leaf bases [11] which may
give it some protection from fire.  California pitcher plant sprouts
from the rhizome, and seeds may be transported from nearby unburned
sites by animals [11,32].


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

Related categories for Species: Darlingtonia californica | California Pitcher Plant