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Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Ceratiola ericoides | Rosemary
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT :
Rosemary is readily killed by fire [13,14].
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT :
NO-ENTRY
PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE :
Rosemary seeds germinate in response to fire [1,26]. Johnson [15]
reported that rosemary biomass increases slowly from postfire years 2 to
4, rapidly from postfire years 4 to 10, and less rapidly from postfire
years 10 to 34.
DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE :
NO-ENTRY
FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS :
Burning dune scrub at intervals shorter than 15 to 20 years prevents
rosemary shrub from reaching reproductive maturity [16].
Related categories for Species: Ceratiola ericoides
| Rosemary
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