FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Flowering dogwood is well adapted to periodic fire [50].  Plants
commonly sprout from the root crown after aboveground vegetation is
damaged or destroyed.  Seedling establishment by means of bird and
mammal-dispersed seed is also commonly observed.

Flowering dogwood can persist in some fire-maintained seral communities
[67].  In the southern Appalachians, vegetative shifts toward scarlet
oak, hickories, red maple, sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum), and flowering
dogwood have been reported after fire where preburn communities were
dominated by yellow poplar, chestnut oak, northern red oak (Quercus
rubra), and white oak [29].



POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   survivor species; on-site surviving root crown or caudex
   off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2

Related categories for Species: Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood