FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. occidentale | Western Huckleberry 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Western huckleberry typically occurs on relatively moist to wet
microsites which burn infrequently [22].  Fire intervals for some boggy
sites dominated by this shrub have been estimated at 100 to 300 years
[22].  Many, if not most, fires occur when the soil is still at least
somewhat moist and plants typically resprout from stem bases or from
"underground stems" or rhizomes after light to moderate fires [22,41].
However, fires which occur when the flammable peaty soil is dry can
damage or destroy underground regenerative structures [21].

Limited seedling establishment may occur from off-site seed transported
by various birds and mammals.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Small shrub, adventitious-bud root crown
   Rhizomatous shrub, rhizome in soil
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

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