• FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS
• POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS:

Studies of the fire ecology and successional status of plains bluegrass are lacking. Most plains bluegrass probably sprout from rhizomes after top-kill by fire. Plants that are nearly arhizomatous probably tiller after top-kill. Ability of plains bluegrass to establish from seed after fire or other disturbance cannot be assessed until further data are available.

For information on fire regimes of ecosystems in which plains bluegrass occurs, see FEIS reports on Bouteloua gracilis, Buchloe dactyloides, Distichlis spicata, and Hesperostipa comata.

POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY:

Geophyte

Related categories for SPECIES: Poa arida | Plains Bluegrass