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Table 3.2 Lignotuber taxa where the structure appears to be a normal developmental stage and not the result
of coppicing
Mediterranean California
Chile
South Africa
Australia
non-MTCs
Shrubs:
Erica
spp.
Adenostoma
spp.
Colliguaya
odorifera
Audouinia capitata
Adenanthos
spp.
Kalmia
latifolia
Phillyrea
spp.
Arctostaphylos
spp.
Nothofagus
antarctica
Berzelia
spp.
Allocasuarina
Prosopis
spp.
Ceanothus
spp.
Trevoa
trinervia
Brunia laevis
Banksia
spp.
Rhododendron
spp.
Garrya
spp.
Erica
spp.
Calothamnus
spp.
Xylococcus
bicolor
Leucadendron
spp.
Conospermum
spp.
Leucospermum
spp.
Conostephium
Protea
spp.
Darwinia
Staavia
spp.
Dryandra
spp.
Eremaea
Eucalyptus
spp.
Grevillea
spp.
Hakea
spp.
Isopogon
spp.
Lambertia
spp.
Melaleuca
spp.
Persoonia
spp.
Petrophile
spp.
Podocarpus
drouynians
Verticordia
spp
Trees:
Arbutus unedo Aesculus
californica
Cyptocarya
alba
Eucalyptus
spp.
Betula
populifolia
Juniperus
oxycedrus
Sequoia
sempervirens
Ginkgo biloba
Olea europea
Umbellularia
californica
Juniperus
deppeana
Quercus suber
Tetraclinis
articulata
are extraordinarily tolerant of high-intensity fires and entire stands often recover
rapidly from epicormic resprouts after high-intensity crown fires (
Fig. 3.3d
). This
capacity appears to involve unique anatomical features that enhance this sprouting
capacity (Burrows
2002
).
Both basal and epicormic resprouting is limited by fire intensity, which affects
tissue necrosis, and by season, which affects carbohydrate reserves and possibly
cell hydration. Long fire-free intervals potentially inhibit resprouting by generat-
ing higher fire intensities from the greater fuel accumulation, and there is a strong
interaction between resprouting and plant size and age (Noble
1984
; Moreno &
