FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Halogeton glomeratus | Halogeton 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Immediate effects of fire on halogeton were not found in the literature.
Halogeton is probably killed by fire; any seeds remaining on the plants
would also be killed.  Seeds present in the soil before fire are
probably destroyed.  Halogeton seeds are killed at 158 degrees
Fahrenheit (70 deg C), which is considerabley lower than soil surface
temperatures that may occur in sagebrush fires [90].  Mack [63],
however, reported that halogeton seed survives summer fires in steppe
communities.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Halogeton seeds are probably transported from off-site into burned areas
within 1 or 2 years postfire [43].  Two years after a fall burn in
central Idaho where perennial plants were not damaged, halogeton
appeared [36].  One year following an Idaho burn that destroyed all
aboveground vegetation, halogeton increased in abundance, and by
postfire year 2, it had significantly increased in biomass [45].
Halogeton increased in frequency each year for 3 years postfire in
another study [90].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed burning will not control halogeton.  It colonizes from
off-site, readily invading bare or disturbed soils.

Related categories for Species: Halogeton glomeratus | Halogeton