FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire typically kills aboveground portions of dwarf huckleberry [1,19].
Underground rhizomes are generally protected from the damaging effects
of heat and apparently survive most fires.  


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Fire stimulates the growth of dwarf huckleberry [1,2].  Density and
cover of dwarf huckleberry reached peak levels 1 year after a January
prescribed burn in central Florida [2]

Plants will typically sprout from underground rhizomes after aboveground
vegetation is consumed [19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Fruit production of dwarf huckleberry was higher on burned sites than on
unburned sites [1,2].  Fire exclusion greatly reduced density and cover
of dwarf huckleberry on slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantations in
Georgia [14]. 

Related categories for Species: Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry