FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire top-kills downy serviceberry [19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
August burning of slash piles in the forest of lower Michigan killed
most of the downy serviceberry on the site [19].  Stumps and roots
sprouted the following year, but much of downy serviceberry found on the
site was established from seed dispersed by birds and mammals.  Studies
in Pennsylvania showed contradictary results in the closely related
species, Amelanchier canadensis [9].  A. canadensis was not present on
burned sites until more than 15 years following fire but was prolific on
unburned sites.


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Downy serviceberry will recolonize sites following fire [18,19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
Following wildfire in a spruce-fir forest of Appalachia, downy
serviceberry was present in stands after 30 years, but was less than 1
percent of the total basal area.  Specific effects of the fire on downy
serviceberry were not studied [18].  For fire information on related
species, see FEIS DATABASE: AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA.


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry