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Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Leymus ambiguus | Colorado Wildrye
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
Review of the available literature yielded no information pertaining
specifically to the fire ecology of Colorado wildrye. Basin wildrye
(Leymus cinereus) is a morhpologicaly similar species characteristically
occupying saline and/or alkaline lowland and upland sites throughout the
Great Basin and northern Rocky Mountains [15]. General fire adaptations
for basin wildrye are summarized in the FEIS write-up for Leymus
cinereus. The extent this information can be applied to Colorado
wildrye is currently unknown.
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
Tussock graminoid
Rhizomatous herb, rhizome in soil
Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
Related categories for Species: Leymus ambiguus
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