FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Tridens muticus | Slim Tridens 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
A moderately hot fire will kill the aboveground portions of slim
tridens, but survival of the rhizomes is usually good.  Extremely hot
fires will cause much more damage, especially among thin grasses not
well protected by the buildup of vegetative material [17].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Perennial grasses in general undergo rapid postfire recovery and are
usually improved as forage.  Three years after a wildfire, slim tridens
occurred in abundance with other grasses [17].  In a study to reduce
shrub cover on a site invaded by redberry juniper, slim tridens showed
no significant difference in cover value in the first two growing
seasons after the shrub layer was chained then burned [28].  In other
words, slim tridens was neither damaged nor improved by the fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Tridens muticus | Slim Tridens