FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Acer negundo | Boxelder 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Boxelder grows on moist bottomland sites which are seldom subject to
burning.  This thin-barked species is injured by fire [50], but how it
regenerates following fire is not known.  Boxelder produces large yearly
crops of wind-dispersed seeds which germinate on a wide variety of
soils; this is most likely boxelder's primary fire survival strategy.
This tree also sprouts from the exposed roots, root crown, or stump
following top-killing mechanical damage [1,13,19,38], and it is likely
that boxelder would sprout following fire severe enough to girdle or
top-kill the adult tree.


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   off-site colonizer species;seed transported by wind;postfire years 1&2
   off-site colonizer species;seed transported by animals;post-fire years 1&2
   survivor species; on-site surviving root crown or caudex (possible)

Related categories for Species: Acer negundo | Boxelder