FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Aboveground portions of silky lupine are most likely destroyed by fire.
Deeply buried roots probably survive even severe fires.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Some lupines are fire survivors and are present in the initial stages of
postfire plant succession [17].  Silky lupine is generally enhanced or
not affected by fire [16].  Following fire, it germinates from buried
seed. It is a prominant forb in burned aspen stands in the Caribou
National Forest, Wyoming [3].  It is also dominant in postfire
communities in mountain big sagebrush/rough fescue (Artemisia tridentata
ssp. vaseyana/Festuca scabrella) and Douglas-fir/mountain big sagebrush
vegetation types in the Helena National Forest, Montana [34].  Silky
lupine showed no significant change in cover after fire in fescue
grasslands in western Montana, although burning occured before August
senescence [1].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Lupinus sericeus | Silky Lupine