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SPECIES: Yucca elata | Soaptree Yucca

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS
POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY

FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS:

Fire adaptations: Soaptree yucca can sprout from the stem after fire, even when some leaves are burnt. If the apical meristem is damaged the stem may branch, but more commonly it dies and is replaced by sprouts from rhizomes and the root crown [40,43,48].

Fire regimes: Although soaptree yucca can tolerate fire [20,40,42,43], it has increased with the suppression of fires [43]. Thomas and Goodson [40] report that an average fire return interval of 3-10 years on semidesert grasslands would support soaptree yucca (and other succulents), but at a lower density than at present.

Fire return intervals for plant communities in which soaptree yucca occurs are listed below. For more information regarding fire regimes and fire ecology of communities where soaptree yucca is present, see the 'Fire Ecology and Adaptations' section of the FEIS species summary for the plant community or ecosystem dominants listed below.

Community or Ecosystem	Dominant Species	Fire Return Interval Range (years)
saltbush-greasewood	Atriplex confertifolia-Sarcobatus vermiculatus	< 35 to < 100
desert grasslands	Bouteloua eriopoda and/or Pleuraphis mutica	5-100
plains grasslands	Bouteloua spp.	< 35
grama-galleta steppe	B. gracilis-P. jamesii	< 35 to < 100
blue grama-tobosa prairie	B. g.-P. mutica	< 35 to < 100
paloverde-cactus shrub	Cercidium microphyllum/Opuntia spp.	< 35 to < 100
creosotebush	Larrea tridentata	< 35 to < 100
Ceniza shrub	L. t.-Leucophyllum frutescens-Prosopis glandulosa	< 35
galleta-threeawn shrubsteppe	Pleuraphis jamesii-Aristida purpurea	< 35 to < 100
mesquite	Prosopis glandulosa	< 35 to < 100
mesquite-buffalo grass	P. g.-Buchloe dactyloides	< 35
Texas savanna	P. g. var. glandulosa	< 10 [34]

POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY [41]:

Small shrub, adventitious bud/root crown
Caudex, growing points in soil

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