impact of ecological burns

Harriett Wright harriett at ix.netcom.com
Mon Sep 15 22:04:49 EDT 1997


Steve Goldstein wrote:
>
> Thanks to John Shuey for a useful and informative post relating to habitat
> burns and the Karner Blue.
>
> One additional point which sticks in my mind from a visit to the Barrens
> in the mid-80s is the claim that fire was *required* to crack open the
> outer husk of lupine seeds so they would germinate.  Since this is the only
> foodplant of the KBB, it would imply that fire is indeed an essential
> component of habitat maintenance.
>
> steve
>
As a New Jersey resident Ive known about the importance of fire to a
pine barrens ecology, but the similar needs of an oak barrens is new and
fascinating information for me. Thank you!

Harriett


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