FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Holodiscus dumosus | Bush Oceanspray 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
The fire ecology and fire adaptations of bush oceanspray are poorly
documented.  Fire is reported to be the principal factor initiating
succession on many of the high-elevation sites occupied by this shrub in
the Southwest [12], and bush oceanspray is apparently able to maintain
itself into late successional stage on many of these rocky, forested
sites [1].

It is currently unknown whether postfire reestablishment is from
sprouting from surviving plants, or from on-site or off-site seed
sources, or both.  In the White Mountains of New Mexico, bush oceanspray
was a conspicuous componenet of the shrub layer 2 to 3 years after fire
[13].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

Related categories for Species: Holodiscus dumosus | Bush Oceanspray