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FIRE EFFECTS

SPECIES: Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : Little documentation exists on the specific effects of fire on little walnut. Mature individuals of the closely related Arizona walnut are reportedly killed by hot wildfires [4]. Portions of the stumps or root collars of small black walnuts commonly survive fire [12]. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : NO-ENTRY PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : The response of little walnut to fire has not been documented. Small individuals of the closely related black walnut often sprout freely from the stump after aboveground vegetation is killed or damaged by fire [12]. Fowells [12] reports that sprouts which develop high on older stumps often succumb to rot or decay, but those which develop from the root collar generally survive. Larger individuals of the Arizona walnut apparently did not sprout after a hot wildfire in a Southwestern riparian woodland [4]. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : NO-ENTRY FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : Bock and Bock [4] report that prescribed fire is "difficult to manage and potentially very destructive in established riparian woodlands of the Southwest." These relatively rare and fragile areas provide important food and cover for desert wildlife [28]. Because browse and cover are often limited in these areas, burning is not generally recommended [28].

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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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