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FIRE ECOLOGY

SPECIES: Schinus terebinthifolius | Brazilian Pepper
FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : Brazilian pepper forms dense thickets that fire rarely penetrates. It produces new leaves throughtout the year and because its litter decomposes quickly, very little leaf litter builds up on the forest floor. The high moisture content of the leaves and wood also make it difficult to burn. When Brazilian pepper does burn (as it frequently does when it colonizes open pinelands), the aboveground parts are killed, but the the tree promptly sprouts from the base [10]. Brazilian pepper is also able to reestablish after fire from seed dispersed from adjacent sites or stored on-site in the seed bank [7,27]. POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : Tree with adventitious-bud root crown/root sucker Secondary colonizer - on-site seed Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

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