FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Lespedeza cuneata | Sericea Lespedeza 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire typically top-kills sericea lespedeza [3].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Sericea lespedeza increases following fire.  In a study of the response
of legumes to prescribed burning in South Carolina, sericea lespedeza
occurrence increased from 2 plots prefire to 17 plots in the first
growing season after fire; details were not given [2,6].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed fire can increase sericea lespedeza density and consequently
improve the habitat of the northern bobwhite and other game birds.
Sericea lespedeza is also a nitrogen-fixing plant that can restore
nitrogen to the soil after fire [1,6].

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