FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Ribes montigenum | Gooseberry Currant 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire probably kills most gooseberry currant.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
In New Mexico spruce-fir forests and Utah tall shrub communities,
gooseberry currant was described as a dominant early seral species after
fire [9,11].  The origin of gooseberry currant (seedlings or sprouts) in
postfire communities was not described.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
In south-central Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)/gooseberry
currant communities may be prescribe burned in the fall to encourage
quaking aspen regeneration.  Many of the community's undergrowth plants
have high or moderate fire resistance and a postfire community "quickly"
resembles the prefire one [29].

Related categories for Species: Ribes montigenum | Gooseberry Currant