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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].

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