FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Ranunculus glaberrimus | Sagebrush Buttercup 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Sagebrush buttercup flowers very early in the year and disappears before
midsummer [11].  It therefore is in a dormant state during the time most
fires in the plant communities it inhabits occur.  Even when fires
consume the foliage, reestablishment may be fairly rapid through root
sprouting.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Relatively little is known about the manner in which sagebrush buttercup
responds to fire.  Sagebrush buttercup is capable of reproducing
vegetatively when the foliage is consumed by fire [3], and evidence
suggests that reestablishment may be rapid.  In a western Montana study,
sagebrush buttercup was present on first-year burn plots in grassland
communities, although absent at adjacent unburned plots [9].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Ranunculus glaberrimus | Sagebrush Buttercup