FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Garrya fremontii | Fremont Silktassel 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Severe fire top-kills Fremont silktassel.  Severe fire also kills the
thin-coated seed unless it is buried 1 inch (0.4 cm) or more below the
soil surface [8,21].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Fremont silktassel recovers from fire rapidly.  Everett [8] reported a
92 percent survival rate for plants that were scorched or burned to
ground level following a severe fire in Humbolt County, California.
Top-killed plants sprout vigorously in the first postfire growing
season.  Partially burned plants grow new shoots from the unburned
portions of their branches.  New shoots produce flowers and fruits at
the second postfire growing season.  By postfire year 3, plants have
regained or exceeded their original heights [3,8,22].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed burning will not significantly affect Fremont silktassel
populations.  Fire does not stimulate germination of this species, but
fire-damaged plants usually regain or exceed their preburn biomass
within a few years.

Related categories for Species: Garrya fremontii | Fremont Silktassel