FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Ceratiola ericoides | Rosemary 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Fire-stimulated germination of seed is rosemary's only known
fire survival mechanism, since it does not reproduce vegetatively.  It
is adapted to a fire cycle of not less than 10 years and no more than 40
years.  Fire intervals of less than 10 years would deplete the seed
bank.  Fire intervals of longer than 40 years would selectively favor
plants that produce large seed crops when past the age of 40 years
[14,18,20].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Shrub without adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

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