FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Viburnum edule | Highbush Cranberry 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire top-kills highbush cranberry.  Moderate- to high-severity fires
which remove soil organic layers may kill roots, underground stems, and
buried seeds.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Highbush cranberry sprouts within weeks following fire [19,22] and often
becomes one of the dominant postfire shrubs [22].  Low-severity fires
stimulate germination of seeds stored in the soil [24,47].  Abundance of
the plant may be initially reduced after fire, but an increase over
prefire density may take place within the next 10 years [6,28].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Prescribed fires of low-severity and short duration are recommended for
the management of highbush cranberry.  Fires of this type favor the
germination of buried seeds and sprouting of vegetative structures
[6,22,47].

Related categories for Species: Viburnum edule | Highbush Cranberry