FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Psoralea hypogaea | Little Breadroot 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Fire-related information on little breadroot is lacking in the
literature.  Little breadroot probably survives fire because the caudex
is located below ground.  Presumably, starch reserves in the root are
metabolized the growing season following fire, and plants sprout from
the caudex.  Fire probably helps stimulate germination of
seedbank-stored little breadroot seeds by scarifying them.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Caudex, growing points in soil
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

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