FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Cornus alternifolia | Alternate-Leaf Dogwood 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fires probably top-kills alternate-leaf dogwood.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
No specific information is available on fire response of alternate-leaf
digwood.  Since it sprouts from the root crown, it probably does so
after top-kill by fire.

Perala [23] reported that alternate-leaf dogwood was "encouraged" by
prescribed fire in an aspen-mixed hardwood forest in north-central
Minnesota, but no details were given.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Cornus alternifolia | Alternate-Leaf Dogwood