FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Bog blueberry sprouts from rhizomes or rootstocks following fire
[53,64,82].  It roots in the organic layer and therefore only survives
in patches where the organic layer is not consumed [9].  Fire destroys
the seeds, so bog blueberry must invade burned areas from off-site
sources [64].  Wildfires that occur in the wet sites that bog blueberry
often occupies are generally low in severity.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   survivor species; on-site surviving root crown or caudex
   survivor species; on-site survivng rhizomes
   off-site colonizer; seed carried by animals or water; postfire yr 1&2

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry