FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola | Hotsprings Sagebrush 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Hotsprings sagebrush is propbably killed outright by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Hotsprings sagebrush probably colonizes a burn through small, light,
wind-dispersed seed from off-site plants.  Response time is not
well documented.  Gray low sagebrush responds variably, with recovery
described as "slow to rapid" [34].  Gray low sagebrush can recover
within 2 to 5 years with favorable conditions, but more than 10 years
may be required under less favorable circumstances [34].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Fires are rare in low sagebrush communities due to lack of fuel.  Fires
do not carry in communities dominated by gray low sagebrush even on hot
days with winds up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/hr) [1,6].  Gray low
sagebrush has been successfully used as a fuelbreak when adjacent big
sagebrush communities have been burned [32,34].

Prescribed fires may not be possible or desirable in hotsprings
sagebrush stands.  Fires in most low sagebrush communities produce
relatively few benefits [1,7,34].

Related categories for Species: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola | Hotsprings Sagebrush