FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Rhododendron macrophyllum | Pacific Rhododendron 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Pacific rhododendron grows in moist Pacific Coast forests where,
historically, major fires were infrequent and more frequent surface
fires burned small areas [57].  The main fire adaptation of Pacific
rhododendron is its ability to resprout from a shallow, tuberlike
rootcrown [3,20,42,55,62].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tall shrub, adventitious-bud root crown

Related categories for Species: Rhododendron macrophyllum | Pacific Rhododendron