FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Quercus pungens | Sandpaper Oak 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire top-kills sandpaper and Vasey shin oaks; surviving plants are
stimulated to sprout [7].  Unburied acorns are probably killed by fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
The responses of sandpaper or Vasey shin oaks to fire were not found in
the literature.  Because sandpaper oak sprouts vigorously following
removal of top growth, recovery should be fairly rapid, similar to the
response of other southwestern oaks that sprout (e.g., Emory oak
[Quercus emoryi]) [36].  Site factors will influence the length of time
required to achieve prefire crown cover.  Potentially, the postfire
community could be more dense from sandpaper oak sprouting than the
original community.  If establishment depends on off-site seed, rates of
recovery will vary depending on the proximity of seed trees and animal
facilitation.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed burning is recommended to open up dense Ashe juniper stands
and to encourage Vasey shin oak, other shin oaks (Quercus spp.), and
plateau oak to sprout [1,7].

Related categories for Species: Quercus pungens | Sandpaper Oak