FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES : Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca 


IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Banana yucca is top-killed by fire [18,19,30].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Nonrhizomatous banana yucca sprout from underground buds on the stem
base after top-kill by fire [30,51].  Rhizomatous plants occasionally
sprout from basal buds, but are more likely to sprout from rhizomes.
After wildland fire in evergreen shrubland in Carslbad Cavern National
Park, New Mexico, rhizomatous banana yucca sprouted mostly from rhizomes
at 1 to 4 inch (2.5-10 cm) depths.  A few plants sprouted from the base
[30].

Banana yucca established after wildland fire in Mesa Verde National
Park, Colorado.  In 1934, a stand-replacing fire occurred in a twoneedle
pinyon stand.  In the long term, banana yucca became dominant species in
the postfire community; Utah serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis) was
the only shrub with greater coverage and frequency.  At postfire year
29, banana yucca had 6 percent cover and 16 percent frequency [19].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY




FIRE CASE STUDIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for SPECIES : Yucca baccata | Banana Yucca