FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Menziesia ferruginea | Menziesia 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Menziesia is very susceptible to fire-kill.  Moderate to severe fires
reduce survival and slow redevelopment [44].  Wildfires apparently
removed menziesia totally from experimental plots in Washington and
Oregon for up to 16 years [58].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
In western Montana, Stickney [51] found that postburn survival of
menziesia was poor; menziesia was very slow to redevelop after fire,
especially in areas that had been intensley burned.  The average percent
cover of menziesia doubled from unburned plots to lightly burned plots,
and tripled from moderately burned plots in western Montana [48].
Another study found menziesia to increase its density of aboveground
parts the first year after burning [37].  Model projections predict that
menziesia will reach a height of 2.4 feet (.73 m) 2 years after a burn,
and that the average height of menziesia will peak at 5.1 to 5.6 feet
(1.5-1.7 m) 20 to 25 years after burning [34].  Mueggler [42], however,
found no significant difference in cover and frequency between burned
and unburned sites in northern Idaho.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Menziesia ferruginea | Menziesia