- Author
- Shaw, R.
- Title
- Influence of Wildland Fire on the Recovery of Endangered Plant Species Study Project. Final Report. September 30, 1994-September 20, 1995.
- Coporate
- Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins
- Sponsor
- Army Medical Research and Material Command, Fort Detrick, MD
- Report
- Final Report, October 1995, 50 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Defense Technical Information Center LIMITED DISTRIBUTION to authorized U.S. Government agencies
- Keywords
- wildland fires | plants (botany)
- Identifiers
- endangered plant species; Hawaii; Pohakuloa Training Area; Land Condition Trend Analysis Program (LCTA)
- Abstract
- A wildfire swept through the Kipuka Kalawamauna Endangered Plants Habitat Area (KKEPHA) at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii on 25 through 27 July 1994. About 65% of the area burned. The fire potentially could have impacted rare plant species (Haplostachys haplostachya, Silene hawaiiensis, Stlene lanceolata, Stenogyne angustifolia, Tetramolopium arenarium, and Zanthoxylum hawaiiense) within the KKEPHA as well as native plant communities which serve as habitat for the taxa. A study was begun to determine the impacts of the wildfire on the species and the vegetation. Existing vegetation plots established prior to the fire were used as preburn controls and monitored 6 months and 1 year following the fire. Standardized U.S. Army Land Condition-Trend Analysis Program (LCTA) methods were used. Recovery of rare plant populations was monitored at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year following the fire. Photographic records were used to document recover. The fire significantly reduced above ground density, basal cover, and aerial cover of shrubs and herbaceous plants. Silene lanceolata, Tetramolopium arenarium, and Zanthoxylum hawaiiense were killed by the fire; while, Haplostachys haplostachya, Silene hawaiiensis and Stenogyne angustifolia were resprouting or regenerating from see.