FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Aesculus californica | California Buckeye 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire top-kills California buckeye [25]. 


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Information regarding California buckeye's response to fire is limited.
Sampson [25] has said that sprouting chaparral brush species, including
California buckeye, recover rapidly following a fire, sending out new
shoots during the first growing season.  Growth in subsequent seasons is
also rapid, with the plant sometimes exceeding its prefire mass within a
few years.  Sprouting can occur within a few weeks following fire, even
in the summer months.  Growth is supported by drawing on food and water
reserves in the fully developed root system [20].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Grazing considerations:  California buckeye cannot be successfully
eliminated by prescribed burning.  Fire will bring it under control if
the area is reburned every 7 to 8 years and immediately reseeded with
herbaceous vegetation [14].  Otherwise, California buckeye will recover
at the expense of more desirable herbaceous plants [14,25].

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