Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos columbiana | Hairy Manzanita
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
Fire activates hairy manzanita seed by scarifying the seedcoat.
Oligosaccharides in charred wood leachate may further enhance rates of
postfire germination [1,20].
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
Shrub without adventitious-bud root crown
Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
Secondary colonizer - off-site seed
Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos columbiana
| Hairy Manzanita
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