FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Luzula hitchcockii | Smooth Woodrush 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire will consume all aboveground parts of smooth woodrush.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Smooth woodrush often shows an increase in biomass following fire [11].
Following a fire in a whitebark pine community in the Bob Marshall
Wilderness, Monatana, smooth woodrush increased by 252 pounds/acre (92
kg/ha) from postfire year 1 to postfire year 3, while the cover percent
remained constant.  This biomass increase was attributed to vegetative
sprouting from the surviving plants [5].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Luzula hitchcockii | Smooth Woodrush