FIRE ECOLOGY
SPECIES: Quercus palustris | Pin Oak 



FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS : 
Pin oak is susceptible to fire due to its relatively thin bark.  If
top-killed by fire, pin oak sprouts from the root collar [19].  Although
fire is infrequent in pin oak communties during the spring and early
summer because of wet conditions, surface fires may occur in the fall
and winter, especially during drought years [23,25].


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

Related categories for Species: Quercus palustris | Pin Oak