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FIRE ECOLOGY

SPECIES: Grayia spinosa | Spiny Hopsage

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS:


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)

POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY:


Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
Secondary colonizer - off-site seed


Related categories for SPECIES: Grayia spinosa | Spiny Hopsage

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Information Courtesy: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Fire Effects Information System

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