FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Purple loosestrife caudex mortality following fire is low.  A prescribed
spring fire on the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in New York
resulted in less than 10 percent plant mortality [19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Most purple loosestrife plants sprout from the caudex following
fire.  Seedling establishment has also been observed following fire
[19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Fire is an ineffective method of purple loosestrife control because few
plants are killed.  Also, because purple loosestrife begins spring
growth after its common associates, spring burning in mixed stands may
favor purple loosestrife over native marsh emergents [19].

Related categories for Species: Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife