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Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Grayia spinosa
| Spiny Hopsage
Spiny hopsage is considered to be somewhat fire tolerant and often survives fires that kill sagebrush [7,55]. Spiny hopsage often sprouts after fire [9,7]. However, in some instances sprouting does not occur [51,55]. Failure to sprout may be due to stressful conditions brought about by overgrazing and erosion [55].
The range of fire intervals reported for some species that dominate communities where spiny hopsage occurs are listed below. To learn more about the fire regimes in those communities refer to the FEIS summary for those species, under Fire Ecology or Adaptations.
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) 2-42 years
basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata)
mountain big sagebrush (A. tridentata ssp. vaseyana)
Wyoming big sagebrush (A. tridentata ssp. wyomingensis)
Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
Secondary colonizer - off-site seed
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SPECIES: Grayia spinosa
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