FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-Hazel 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Witch-hazel is readily killed by fire.  In a prescribed fire in a
loblolly pine community in western Tennessee, witch hazel suffered 54
percent mortality [10].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Witch-hazel's response to fire is not well documented.  Literature
suggests that it is a fire decreaser, although postfire density,
frequency, or growth rates were not given [17,31,38].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-Hazel