Chaparral: responses to fire

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Chaparral responses to fire
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Resprouting the ancestral condition
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Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), the arsonist
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Pyrophyte endemics Fire-followers usually,
herbaceous species with refractory seeds
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Emmenanthe pendulifera whispering
bells (Hydrophyllaceae)
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Cryptantha intermedia popcorn
flower (Boraginaceae)
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Gilia capitata globe gilia (Polemoniaceae)
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Phacelia minor California bells (Hydrophyllaceae)
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Papaver californica fire poppy (Papaveraceae)
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Romneya coulteri Matilija poppy (Papaveraceae)
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Species with serotiny that require fire for
seedling recruitment

• Knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata)
• Jack pine (P. banksiana)
• Sargent cypress (Cupressus sargentii)
• Monterey pine (P. radiata), Coulter pine (P.
  coulteri), and several otehrs have variable
  serotiny, greater seedling success after fire

Not chaparral species