FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Aboveground plant parts are often killed by fire [25,26].  The
underground rhizomes probably survive all but severe fires that remove
duff and heat the upper soil for extended periods of time.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Percent cover of native shrubs, including gray dogwood, decreased
following fire in a bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) savanna in east-central
Minnesota [26].

In a study of postfire plant response in four plant communities in
central New York, gray dogwood frequency on 17 burned plots averaged 62
percent at postfire year 1.  Frequency on unburned plots was 62 percent [25].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood