FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Vitis aestivalis | Summer Grape 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Summer grape is probably top-killed by most fire.


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Summer grape sprouts from the root crown after fire, and dormant seed in
the soil probably germinates after fire when conditions are favorable.
In an oak-hickory (Carya spp.) upland community in Missouri, summer
grape was present in annually and periodically spring burned plots, but
not in the unburned control plot [16].  In an upland oak forest in
Tennessee, summer grape was more frequent on plots burned every 5 years
by late winter fires than on the unburned control plot [5].  After
twelve years of biennial burning on a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
site in Louisiana, summer grape was present on at least half of the four
plots assigned to each of four prescribed fire treatments:  March, May,
or June biennial fires and an unburned control [12].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Summer grape can function as a ladder fuel, especially when foliage is
dry or debris accumulates along the vine.  

Related categories for Species: Vitis aestivalis | Summer Grape