FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Striped maple is moderately resistant to low-severity fires.  In a study
of tree survival after low-severity surface fires in Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, striped maple showed a positive correlation of
bark thickness to tree diameter growth.  Equations relating bark
thickness, tree diameter, tree diameter growth rate, and fire survival
were given [8].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tall shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Crown residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple