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FIRE ECOLOGY

SPECIES: Fendlera rupicola | Fendlerbush
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : Little information is available regarding fendlerbush fire ecology and adaptations. Erdman [7] suggested that fendlerbush probably recovers after fire by sprouting from the root crown. Pinyon-juniper communities where fendlerbush is commonly found historically burned every 10 to 30 years, which favored dominance by grasses. However, for the last 70 years, heavy livestock grazing has reduced grass competition and fuel, and shrub cover has increased. This has decreased fire occurrence and lowered the intensity of fires that do occur [27,28]. On 23 grazed transects in desert shrub communities where fendlerbush occurs in the Guadelupe Mountains, New Mexico, shrubs had only 6.4 to 6.6 percent cover. Bare ground cover was 33.8 to 42.4 percent, and litter cover was 6.1 to 12 percent [25]. POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

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