FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Sorbus sitchensis | Sitka Mountain-Ash 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
A closely related species, American mountain-ash, sprouts from the bole
when top-killed by fire [7].  Sitka mountain-ash may have this ability
as well, but Sitka mountain-ash sprouting has not been documented in the
literature.

Some areas in which Sitka mountain-ash occurs have long intervals
between fires [2,29].  Cool, wet maritime forests may have fire return
intervals of several hundred years or more [4].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

Related categories for Species: Sorbus sitchensis | Sitka Mountain-Ash