FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Encelia farinosa | Brittle Bush 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Brittle bush is a good initial offsite colonizer of postfire communites
via wind dispersed seeds [7,22,26].  It also has some ability to sprout
from the root crown, which may be limited by intolerance of heat [45].
Brittle bush does not accumulate organic material and windblown soil
beneath its crown, as do multiple-stemmed shrubs [49].  Recurrent fires
select for short-lived desert shrubs such as brittle bush at the expense
of long-lived species [7].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown

Related categories for Species: Encelia farinosa | Brittle Bush