FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum | American Sweetvetch 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
American sweetvetch plants are killed by fire [22].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
On Willow Island (near Fairbanks, Alaska) in a white spruce/thinleaf
alder (Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia)/feathermoss (Hylocomium splendens)
forest type, American sweetvetch showed much lower percent cover and
frequency following clearcutting and burning than in a control.  There
was not such a reduction after clearcutting alone.  The species was
present in the stand within two growing seasons after the burn treatment
[22].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum | American Sweetvetch