FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Taxus candensis | Canada Yew 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Canda yew is probably easily killed by fire.  Specific information on
its degree of sensitivity is lacking.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Canada yew was locally abundant in a birch-aspen-spruce community on
Isle Royale, Michigan, 36 years after a wildfire.  In the same area it
was present in an old-growth forest that had been free of fire for 80 to
120 or more years[13].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Fire is likely to result in decreased Canada yew populations; any
disturbance that opens the canopy reduces the competitive advantage of
the shade-tolerant Canada yew [33].  The decline of Canada yew on Isle
Royale, Michigan, has bee partly atrributed to fire [16].

Related categories for Species: Taxus candensis | Canada Yew