FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Ribes velutinum | Desert Gooseberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Severe fire that consumes the entire organic mantle probably kills
desert gooseberry and may destroy soil-stored seeds [12].  Desert
gooseberry survives some fires by sprouting from the root crown
[10,31,32].  Desert gooseberry is probably favored by low- to
moderate-severity fire because germination of soil-stored seed is
generally enhanced by scarification in Ribes spp. [3,12,19,20].

In pinyon-juniper woodlands, where desert gooseberry often occurs,
wildfire was a major force in maintaining understory species during
presettlement times.  Wildfires occurred every 10 to 90 years [36].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Ground residual colonizer (on-site, initial community)

Related categories for Species: Ribes velutinum | Desert Gooseberry