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Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Hesperostipa comata
| Needle-And-Thread Grass
Needle-and-thread grass sprouts from the caudex following fire, if heat has not been sufficient to kill underground parts [1,46].
Mean fire intervals for needle-and-thread grass depend on the habitat type in which the grass appears. In ponderosa pine/bunchgrass habitats in the northern Rocky Mountains, east of the Cascade Range, and in the Blue Mountains, mean fire intervals are estimated from 6 to 22 years [135]. In big sagebrush/grass communities in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, presettlement mean fire intervals are estimated at 17 to 41 years [138]. Needle-and-thread grass is a common component of pinyon-juniper woodlands which are estimated to have burned every 10 to 30 years prior to fire suppression [138].
Tussock graminoid
Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
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SPECIES: Hesperostipa comata
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