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Fire-Followers
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The top 10 annual and perennial herbaceous plants after the October 2007 Rice
fire in Fallbrook.
Top 10 2008
From the
San Diego Wildfires Education Project:
In responding to fire, chaparral shrubs and herbaceous perennials can be
classified into five different groups, each with its own survival strategy:
Obligate resprouters: Survive fires by resprouting only (toyon and scrub oak).
Obligate seeders: Adult plants die in fire. Seeds require a fire cue to
germinate (ceanothus).
Endemic fire followers: Annuals. Seeds require a fire cue to germinate
(whispering bells).
Facultative seeders: Adult plant resprouts and seed germination is enhanced by
some fire cue (chamise).
Frequent fire followers: Annuals. Seed germination enhanced by some fire cue
(snapdragon).
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