Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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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
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