FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Abies procera | Noble Fir 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
The bark of young noble fir is relatively thin [35].  Fire resistance of
larger, thicker barked trees is reported to be low [6,35] to moderate
[6,25,49].  The foliage of noble fir is moderately to highly flammable
[35].

Noble fir prunes well in closed, dense stands [1,18].  Stands dominated
by noble fir have the smallest quantites of forest floor material
(compared with stands dominated by other western conifers that occur in
its range), and accumulation of fuel is low [9,47].

After stand-destroying fires, noble fir and Douglas-fir are initial
colonizers [43].


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tree without adventitious-bud root crown
   Secondary colonizer - off-site seed
   Initial-offsite colonizer (off-site, initial community)

Related categories for Species: Abies procera | Noble Fir