FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Blue grama is generally dormant during early spring and in the hottest,
driest part of summer.  It is also dormant in cold winter months.  When
warm-season grasses such as blue grama are burned while dormant, living
plant parts are often unaffected [53].  Reestablishment occurs through
rhizomes, which may be unaffected or even stimulated by fire, and by
germination of wind-dispersed, water-dispersed, or animal-dispersed seed
[50].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

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