FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Calluna vulgaris | Heather 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Heather is a fire-prone species; dense stands of heather on dry heaths
require repeated fire for maintenance [5].  Removal of the forest canopy
by fire increases heather abundance [23].  Following top-kill, heather
sprouts from surviving stem bases and reproduces from seedbanks
[10,25,44].  Sprouts and newly established seedlings flower and produce
seed rapidly, possibly within the first postfire year.  This greatly
increases the abundance of heather on recently burned sites [27].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Calluna vulgaris | Heather