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FIRE EFFECTS

SPECIES: Oplopanax horridus | Devil's Club
IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : Devil's club is susceptible to fire-kill [18], but its susceptibility by class of fire severity is unknown. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : NO-ENTRY PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : Postfire recovery of understory species, presumably including devil's club, in forest/devil's club types of British Columbia is more rapid than in other forest types. Researchers credit this to the generally lower fire intensity. Devil's club frequency at widely scattered sites in British Columbia that had burned less than 10 years prior to sampling was from 61 to 80 percent [27]. Extrapolating from Alaback's [3] data (see Successional Status), devil's club is probably absent from burn sites for decades following stand-replacing fire. Presumably, devil's club establishes on these sites from animal-dispersed seed after the canopy has closed enough to shade this light-sensitive species. DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : NO-ENTRY FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : Overall fire potential is rated as low in western redcedar/devil's club habitat types of western Montana [17].

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