FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Thermopsis mollis | Soft Bush Pea 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Soft bush pea is probably top-killed by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Information on the response of soft bush pea to fire is lacking in the
literature.  Santa Ynez false lupine sprouted after a prescibed fire in
southern California, and the fire stimulated germination of seeds [3].
One year after a high-severity August fire in Alberta, there was no
statistically significant difference in percent cover of prairie
thermopsis on burned and unburned sites [13].  One year after a
low-severity fire in Colorado, there was no statistically significant
difference in percent cover or density of spreading thermopsis (T.
divaricarpa) on burned and unburned sites [23].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Thermopsis mollis | Soft Bush Pea