FIRE EFFECTS
SPECIES: Taxodium distichum | Baldcypress 



IMMEDIATE FIRE EFFECT ON PLANT : 
Under drought conditions, peat fires that burn below the surface of the
organic soil may kill the roots of cypress trees, thus killing the
plant.  A peat fire in the Okefenokee swamp in Florida killed 97 percent
of the cypress trees in a 3,000-acre plot (1,214 ha) [14,45].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF FIRE EFFECT : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT RESPONSE TO FIRE : 
Cypress will often sprout from the stump when top-killed by fire [49].


DISCUSSION AND QUALIFICATION OF PLANT RESPONSE : 



FIRE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Fire is not recommended as a management tool for maintaining cypress
stands.  Severe fires after logging or drainage may destroy seeds and
roots in the soil, favoring replacement of cypress by willows (Salix
spp.) and subsequent hardwoods [21,49].

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