FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Most fires probably kill aboveground portions of maleberry.
Moderate-severity or severe fire that burns the humus layer may also
kill many of the rhizomes, thereby killing the plant.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Surviving rhizomes sprout from dormant buds following fire [13].

In a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) flatwoods in South Carolina, postfire
growing season cover and abundance of woody species in the herb layer
(including maleberry) did not differ between three treatments:  unburned
control, winter fire, and winter fire followed by late summer fire [10].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Lyonia ligustrina | Maleberry