FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Agrostis scabra | Ticklegrass 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire generally top-kills ticklegrass.  Specific effects on ticklegrass
mortality, however, are not well documented.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
In general, ticklegrass increases in abundance in response to fire.
Seedlings immediately colonize recently burned areas, provided a
favorable seedbed has been established [27,39].  Annual spring burns in
aspen stands in Alberta caused an increase in ticklegrass inflorescence
production.  In unburned areas, there was an average of one flower head
per square foot (10/sq m), but on burned sites 10 flower heads per
square foot (110/sq.m) were produced [2].  In interior Alaska, seedlings
were not found in burned plots where the organic layer had not been
completely removed, although a seed source was nearby.  Seedlings were,
however, abundant on adjacent firelines [45].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Agrostis scabra | Ticklegrass