FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Juglans californica | Southern California Walnut 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Southern California walnut has large woody platforms at the soil
surface.  The platforms shield the meristematic tissue beneath them from
fire.  After fire, sprouts surround the platforms, resulting in multiple
trunks [25].  According to Quinn [25], the basal platforms are an
adaptation to fire similar to the lignotuber.

Most southern California walnut woodlands are subject to periodic fires.
Fire is an annual possibility in most locations, where dead annual
grasses are present beneath and between the trees during the summer fire
season [25].
  


POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY : 
   Tree with adventitious-bud root crown/soboliferous species root sucker

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