FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Sisymbrium linifolium | Flaxleaf Plainsmustard 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Flaxleaf plainsmustard is readily top-killed by fires of all
intensities.  Plants are able to survive burning, however, due to
perennating buds located on caudices and rhizomes [7].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Flaxleaf plainsmustard was described as undamaged following fall burns
in sagebrush-grassland communities in southeastern Idaho.  Plants spread
rapidly following burning.  Pechanec and others [7] attributed the
dramatic increase in plant numbers to the rhizomatous habit of flaxleaf;
however, it is unclear to what extent sprouts originated from
perennating buds on the caudex.

Some postfire plant establishment probably also occurs through the
germination of off-site seed.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Sisymbrium linifolium | Flaxleaf Plainsmustard