FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Rhododendron maximum | Rosebay 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Fire usually kills aboveground stems smaller than 1.5 inches (4 cm)
d.b.h.  Larger stems often survive fire [21,24].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Rosebay typically sprouts vigorously after the aboveground portions are
killed by fire.  A fall prescribed burn in North Carolina top-killed 70
percent of rosebay less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) d.b.h., but 17 months after
the burn, nearly all the top-killed rosebay had resprouted [10].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Rosebay is susceptible to annual burning.  Annual intense burning for
extended periods has eliminated rosebay populations on many sites in the
Appalachians [10,24].

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