FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Carex aquatilis | Water Sedge 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Water sedge recovers quickly from low-intensity fires.  The rhizomes of
water sedge are approximately 2 inches (5 cm) below the ground surface,
and well protected form the heat of fire.  The aqueous habitat also
provides protection for roots and rhizomes.  Better drained areas are
more susceptible to fires, especially during dry summers [54].  Water
sedge colonizes burned areas by seeds and also by long and short
rhizomes [3].  Within 1 year of fire in a sedge-tussock shrub tundra,
water sedge seedling establishment was observed in the intertussock
spaces [55].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   survivor species; on-site surviving rhizomes
   off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water;postfire yr 1&2

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