FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood Manzanita 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Plant adaptations:  Eastwood manzanita sprouts from the lignotuber
after aboveground portions of the plant have burned [7,14,18,19,20,44].
It also regenerates by fire-stimulated germination of dormant
soil-stored seed [21].

Fire ecology:  Eastwood manzanita produces more ground litter than most
chaparral shrubs.  Kittredge [24] has measured its litter volume at 1.1
tons per acre (2.5 t/ha) per year.  The leaves, twigs, and fruits contain
flammable resins [6].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

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