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FIRE EFFECTS

SPECIES: Ilex decidua | Deciduous Holly
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : Deciduous holly is damaged, top-killed, or killed by light- or moderate-severity fires [27,36]. After two prescribed fires in loblolly-shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) stands, deciduous holly exhibited moderate mortality (up to 50 percent) after fires in cut-over sawtimber-sized stands, and low mortality after fires in pulpwood-sized timber [33]. High mortality (up to 100 percent) of stems less than 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter occurred after winter prescribed fire in a slash pine plantation [44]. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : NO-ENTRY PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : The number of deciduous holly stems increased following prescribed spring fires in loblolly-shortleaf pine stands. Fruit production increased following fire, but since there was also a large increase in fruit production on control plots, it was difficult to separate the effects of fire from other effects [36]. Numerous deciduous holly seedlings occured on loblolly-shortleaf pine plots that received two prescribed fire treatments [33]. Nine years after wildfire in a loblolly pine community, deciduous holly did not occur on plots that had undergone surface fire only. Plots where fire crowning occurred were colonized by seedlings resulting from animal-dispersed seed [27]. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : NO-ENTRY FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : The mean, ash-free caloric value for deciduous holly leaves is 5,311 calories per gram. This value can be used in calculations to predict heat release during fire on sites with deciduous holly litter [12].

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