FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Bothriochloa barbinodis | Cane Bluestem 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Information concerning the effects of fire on cane bluestem is lacking.
This plant is a large, robust, coarse, perinnial bunchgrass with leaves
occurring basally and along the stalk [19].  Wright and Bailey [29] and
Young [30] report that large bunchgrasses with densely clustered stems
are more susceptible to fire than small bunchgrasses with coarse stems
because fire can burn down into the clump for sometimes 2 to 3 hours
after the fire has passed.  Small bunchgrasses with smaller amounts of
leafy materials are consumed by a fire quickly, with little heat
transferred downward into the clump.  General botanical descriptions
seem to place cane bluestem somewhere intermediate between these two
types.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tussock graminoid
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

Related categories for Species: Bothriochloa barbinodis | Cane Bluestem