FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Maleberry is fire tolerant.  Aboveground parts are probably destroyed by
most fires, but dormant buds on rhizomes survive and sprout [13].
Severe fire can probably reduce or eliminate maleberry from a site.

Maleberry occurs in habitats that regularly experience fire including
the New Jersey Pine Barrens and the pine flatwoods of the southeastern
coastal plains [2,10].  Maleberry colonized tree islands in the
Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and Florida 0 to 20 years after fire.  It
occurred earlier in postfire succession than in primary succession,
probably due to its intolerance of saturated conditions [5].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil

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