FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Artemisia longiloba | Alkali Sagebrush 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Plants are not as susceptible to physical or physiological damage as are
various subspecies of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) [16].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
Prescribed burning on early sagebrush sites has rarely been attempted
because the understory is normally not sufficient to carry fire [16].  A
mid-June burn in an early sagebrush/Idaho fescue stand resulted in
spotty kills, leaving enough seed to ripen on unburned shrubs to provide
a good seed source.  A large number of the burned shrubs recovered via
regrowth from remaining branches [16].


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
One year after a mid-June burn there was a 26 percent reduction of early
sagebrush [16].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Monsen and Shaw [16] noted that burning can be used to reduce shrub
density and is a good tool if retention of some shrubs is desired.
Shrub seedlings could increase rapidly if a sufficient understory is not
present to control early sagebrush through competition [16].
 

Related categories for Species: Artemisia longiloba | Alkali Sagebrush