FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Osmorhiza claytonii | Sweet Cicely 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
No fire studies have been done on sweet cicely.  Fire top-kills foliage.
The soil-covered root stock may survive, unless conditions are dry and
duff layers are well-developed [37].  Under these conditions, fire may
consume the caudex and kill the plant and seed bank.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Fire severity and rooting depth of the caudex control recovery of sweet
cicely.  If burned in late summer or early autumn, surviving root stocks
should sprout, since sweet cicely normally initiates new leaves in the
fall [6,17].  With a persistent seed bank, sweet cicely seeds may
germinate in the first postfire spring [3].  Off-site regeneration is
possible; seeds can be transported into burned areas.





DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

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