FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey-Locust 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Honey-locust appears to be excluded from prairies by frequent fire, and
expands where fire is excluded.  On bluestem (Andropogon spp.  and/or
Schizachyrium spp.)  prairie in Kansas, honey-locust was one of a number
of woody species invading undisturbed prairie that had not burned since
1947 [18].

On the Konza Prairie, sites adjacent to gallery forests that had
remained unburned for 10 or more years were converting to woodlands
dominated by junipers (Juniperus spp.), elms (Ulmus spp.), honey-locust,
and hackberries (Celtis spp.).  In areas farther from gallery forests,
fire exclusion leads to increased density of species, including
honey-locust, that otherwise persist only at low densities along stream
margins of frequently burned prairies [3].

Honey-locust also occurs in bottomland forests that experience fire
infrequently.  Fire may create openings for honey-locust reproduction in
these forests.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tree with adventitious-bud root crown/soboliferous species root sucker

Related categories for Species: Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey-Locust