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SPECIES: Toxicodendron radicans | Poison-Ivy 


FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
With its widespread distribution, poison-ivy is a component of many
fire-influenced communities.  Rhizomes buried moderately deep in the
soil would survive most fires.  Sprouting after fire indicates that
poison-ivy is adapted to moderately severe fires [31,55].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Prostrate woody plant, stem growing on organic mantle
   Surface rhizome/chamaephytic root crown
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil
   Geophyte, growing points deep in soil
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed

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