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FIRE ECOLOGY

SPECIES: Elymus canadensis | Canada Wildrye

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS:

Although a perennial species, Canada wildrye persistence is dependent upon rapid reproduction through seed rather than length of life of the individual [96]. Postfire establishment occurs primarily through seed with vegetative production of the root crown to a lesser extent [35].

Fire regimes for plant communities and ecosystems in which Canada wildrye occurs are summarized below. For further information regarding fire regimes and fire ecology of communities and ecosystems where rough fescue is found, see the `Fire Ecology and Adaptations' section of the FEIS species summary for the plant community or ecosystem dominants listed below.

Community or Ecosystem	Dominant Species	Fire Return Interval Range (years)
bluestem prairie	Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii-Schizachyrium scoparium	< 10 [56,69]
Nebraska sandhills prairie	A. g. var. paucipilus-S. s.	< 10
bluestem-Sacahuista prairie	Andropogon littoralis-Spartina spartinae	< 10
sagebrush steppe	Artemisia tridentata/Pseudoroegneria spicata	20-70
plains grasslands	Bouteloua spp.	< 35
blue grama-needle-and-thread grass-western wheatgrass	B. gracilis-Hesperostipa comata-Pascopyrum smithii	< 35
blue grama-buffalo grass	B. g.-Buchloe dactyloides	< 35 [69]
sugarberry-America elm-green ash	Celtis laevigata-Ulmus americana-Fraxinus pennsylvanica	< 35 to 200 [91]
wheatgrass plains grasslands	Pascopyrum smithii	< 35 [69]
Great Lakes spruce-fir	Picea-Abies spp.	35 to > 200
northeastern spruce-fir	Picea-Abies spp.	35-200 [26]
Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine*	Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum	2-10
Arizona pine	P. var. arizonica	2-10 [4]
Table Mountain pine	P. pungens	< 35 to 200 [91]
red pine (Great Lakes region)	P. resinosa	10-200 (10**) [26]
eastern cottonwood	Populus deltoides	< 35 to 200 [69]
mountain grasslands	Pseudoroegneria spicata	3-40 (10**) [3,4]
California oakwoods	Quercus spp.	< 35 [4]
oak-hickory	Quercus-Carya spp.	< 35[91]
oak savanna	Q. macrocarpa/Andropogon gerardii-Schizachyrium scoparium	2-14 [69,91]
little bluestem-grama prairie	Schizachyrium scoparium-Bouteloua spp.	< 35 [69]
elm-ash-cottonwood	Ulmus-Fraxinus-Populus spp.	< 35 to 200 [26,91]

*fire return interval varies widely; trends in variation are noted in the species summary
**mean

POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY [4]:

Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
Tussock graminoid
Secondary colonizer (on-site or off-site seed sources)

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