FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Salvia mellifera | Black Sage 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Black sage sprouts from dormant buds on the root crown following low
severity fires [27,50,55].  It is also establishes abundant seedlings
from soil-stored seed [13,20].  As a result, black sage is able to
rapidly reoccupy recent burns within coastal sage scrub and chaparral
communities.  Seasonal dimorphism in leaf duration apparently enhances
black sage survival on drier chaparral sites during early years of
postfire succession [53].


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

Related categories for Species: Salvia mellifera | Black Sage