FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Sea oats culms are probably killed by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Recurring fires are common to the maritime strand of the Coastal Plain
of the southeastern United States [20].

Although blowouts, shifting sand, and wandering dunes are characteristic
of strands, these phenomena were much accelerated in the past by grazing
management practices.  On some barrier islands sea oats and other dune
grasses were burned off to improve forage.  This gave more palatable
forage for a brief part of the growing season, but it also reduced the
total cover and greatly accelerated the inland movement of sand.  On
Smith's Island, North Carolina, what was formerly a barren area of
shifting small dunes has developed substantial cover because of reduced
grazing and elimination of fire [20].

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