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SPECIES: Eriodictyon californicum | Yerba Santa 


FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Plant adaptations:  Yerba santa establishs after fire by sprouting from
rhizomes or through germination of seed stored in the seedbank
[6,19,27].

Fire ecology:  Yerba santa leaves secrete flammable resins and waxes
which build up and make the leaf surface gummy [9,25,27].  The branches
are also glutinous.  Older, resinous leaves are dropped during summer,
producing highly flammable litter.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

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