FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Quercus oblongifolia | Mexican Blue Oak 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Mexican blue oak is generally top-killed by fire; surviving Mexican blue
oak sprouts [31].

Oaks generally survive low intensity, fast fires [31].  Mexican blue oak
may also survive high intensity fires of short duration [9,31].  Fires
that occur in closed-canopy oak woodlands are probably high intensity,
stand replacement fires [31].

Prior to settlement, fire return intervals may have been from 10 to 20
years.  Currently, fire return intervals are longer due to overgrazing
and fire suppression [47]. 


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tree with adventitious-bud root crown/soboliferous species root sucker
   Tall shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Quercus oblongifolia | Mexican Blue Oak