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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

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