FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos glandulosa | Eastwood Manzanita 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire top-kills Eastwood manzanita [42].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Charate-induced germination of a few seedlings occurs the first year
following fire [21].  Lignotubers of top-killed plants sprout during the
first postfire growing season.  Rapid growth continues, and preburn
cover is regained by postfire year 4 [17].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Effects of fire supression:  Fuel build-up resulting from fire
supression can result in extreme fire and flood danger.  Manzanita
fires are severe and typically comsume all standing material down to
ground level [42].  Loss of watershed vegetation results in downstream
flooding and the filling in of reservoirs with debris [26].  

Fuel management:  Manzanita communities have a natural fire cycle of 10
to 25 years [34].  To reduce fire danger in these communities,
prescribed winter burns are recommended at intervals of 10 to 20 years.
Humidity should be under 30 percent and winds less then 10 miles per
hour [12,39].

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