SPECIES: Polygonum spp. | Smartweed FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS :
Smartweed can reproduce by seed or sprout from rhizomes following fire
[1].
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY :
survivor species; on-site surviving rhizomes
off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2
Related categories for Species: Polygonum spp.
| Smartweed
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