FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi | Bolander Silver Sagebrush 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Little fire effects information is available for Bolander silver
sagebrush; plants are probably top-killed by most fires.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Bolander silver sagebrush regenerates via root sprouting and
wind-dispersed seed following disturbance.  Specific fire response
information for this subspecies is lacking; fire response information on
the silver sagebrush complex as a whole indicates that densities are
rapidly regained and even enhanced following burning.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
The ability of Bolander silver sagebrush stands to carry fire is
low because of seasonally high water tables and sparse understories.
Plant manipulation via prescribed burning in communities dominated by
this subspecies appears questionable since few species are adapted to
the moisture regimes and alkaline soils characterized by these sites
[4,32].

Related categories for Species: Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi | Bolander Silver Sagebrush