FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Cyrilla racemiflora | Cyrilla 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire typically top-kills aboveground portions of cyrilla [5].  Survival
of shallow underground roots is most likely following light- to
moderate-severity fires which do not burn the peat moss [1].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Cyrilla will sprout from adventitious buds on the roots following fire
[9,17].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Woody shrubs such as cyrilla are found in great abundance as
understories on moist sites and compete with pine for available light,
moisture, and seeding sites.  Periodic fires have been effective in
controlling cyrilla and other hardwoods [30].  Following two successive
burns in a 25-year-old slash pine plantation in Texas, 77 percent of 1
to 5 inch (2.5-12 cm) cyrilla were top-killed [2,29].

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