FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Echinacea angustifolia | Purple Coneflower 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Purple coneflower is top-killed by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Purple coneflower was unaffected by a March prescribed burn.  Frequency
was high in May, June, and August immediately following the burn [19].
Late spring burning in the tallgrass prairie, however, generally reduces
the number of forbs [1].

Purple coneflower was a predominant species in a South Dakota study
where forb production increased dramatically following fall burning
(October 16), with no difference in production in spring-burned (May 9)
and unburned meadows [10].  However, spring-burned slopes had an
increase in forb density [10,11].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Echinacea angustifolia | Purple Coneflower