FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Lycium andersonii | Anderson Wolfberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Many long-lived desert perennials are poorly adapted to fire [4] and
Anderson wolfberry is no exception.  Adaptations to fire are present but
are not strongly developed [25].  This shrub does have the ability to
sprout from the root crown after disturbance [33,34], but it may take
many years for it to reach preburn densities on a burned site [4,25].
Seedling establishment of Lycium spp. was observed following a fire on a
Sonoran Desert site; these seedlings resulted from seeds surviving fire
in the soil, surviving on burned plants, or dispersed from resistant
plants within the burn, or from unburned areas [25].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   survivor species; on-site surviving root crown or caudex
   off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2
   secondary colonizer; off-site seed carried to site after year 2

Related categories for Species: Lycium andersonii | Anderson Wolfberry