FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Clethra alnifolia | Poor Man's Soap 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Most fires probably top-kill sweet pepperbush.  Its stolons may be
killed by fires severe enough to consume the organic soil.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Sweet pepperbush will probably sprout after fire.  Severe fire or
regular prescribed burning greatly reduces sweet pepperbush and other
common associate shrubs [2,25].  In National Forest lands in South
Carolina, sweet pepperbush gradually increased in areas that had not
been burned for 3 years [5].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Sweet pepperbush can build up and create a fire hazard [28].  It can be
controlled with regular prescribed burning [25].

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