BushfireConf 2015 - 22. State Mine Fire, October 2013 - Patterns of vegetation recovery

The State Mine Fire, October 2013. Patterns of Vegetation

Recovery

Roger LembitGingra Ecological Surveys

Intensity Ranking Shrub Layer Ground Layer

Unburnt Intact Intact, minor scorch marks

Moderate Mainly intact Mainly intact, less than 50% burnt

High Leaf scorch and consumption Mainly consumed, green patches present

Very High Mainly consumed, leaf and branch consumption Consumed

Changes in species richness and fire intensity

• Decliners

• Increasers

• Losers

• “New” species

• Multi-taskers

• Seeding laggards

• Resprouting laggards

Summing Up

• Fire intensity• Post-fire weather conditions• Species Responses