FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Abies magnifica | California Red Fir 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Seedlings of California red fir are easily killed by fire [71].
Seedlings and saplings are killed by relatively low-intensity fires, but
few older California red fir are affected [36,38].  Larger California
red fir are killed by severe fires [36,66].

Shasta red fir sustains moderate damage from light-severity fires but is
often killed by moderate-severity fires [3].




DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
NO-ENTRY


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 
NO-ENTRY


FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Lightning-ignited fires in higher elevation Sierra Nevada forests are
usually less than 1 acre (0.4 ha) in size and burn for only a few days.
There have been several fires, however, that burned considerable acreage
over the course of several months.  None of these fires became a control
problem or burned intensely [38].

Related categories for Species: Abies magnifica | California Red Fir