FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Dwarf huckleberry is well able to persist despite periodic fire [12,14].
Abrahamson [2] reports that dwarf huckleberry "exhibits a 'sit and wait'
strategy, in that plants apparently survive with little aboveground
biomass for long periods of time before fire causes release from shading
and/or nutrient depletion."  Dwarf huckleberry typically sprouts from
underground rhizomes after the foliage is consumed by fire [2].  Birds
and mammals may transport some seed to burned sites.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   survivor species; on-site surviving rhizomes
   off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2

Related categories for Species: Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry