FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Pinus quadrifolia | Parry Pinyon 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire eliminates younger age classes of pinyon pines, but large
seed-source trees may survive [12,35].  Where pinyon trees have recently
invaded sagebrush-grassland communities, young trees less than 4 feet
(1.2 m) tall are easily killed by fire.  As tree dominance increases,
understory is gradually suppressed.  Understory fuels also decrease, and
the potential for severe, stand-replacing fire is reduced [35].  



DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Literature concerning the response of Parry pinyon is lacking.  See the
FEIS species monograph on singleleaf pinyon and true pinyon (P. edulis)
for description of general pinyon response to fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Pinus quadrifolia | Parry Pinyon