FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Oxalis montana | Common Woodsorrel 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Burning conditions are usually poor in the spruce-fir boreal forests in
which common woodsorrel grows due to the presence of water throughout
the year [17].  Droughts can make the areas more susceptible to fire.
Fires may occur in the southern boreal forests every 50 to 150 years,
and in the northern boreal forests, fire frequencies are every 100 to
300 years [17].

Common woodsorrel fire survival strategy is that of a perennial with
underground rhizomes; surviving rhizomes sprout.  However, it often
grows in humus on bedrock in spruce-fir forests [27,31].  The organic
layer does not give much protection from fire.  No information was found
about common woodsorrel seed surviving fire.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Oxalis montana | Common Woodsorrel