Bristle club-rush
Isolepis setacea
Family: Cyperaceae
Fire effect on plant
Bristle club-rush is likely killed by fire.
Key traits
Annual herb of damp soils (Klimešová et al. 2017). Plants lack specific dispersal features, resulting in low dispersal distances (0.1–1 m; Lososová et al. 2023). Fire effects on seeds have not been described.
Plant response to fire
The fire response of bristle club-rush is not described in the literature, but its annual life history means fire will most likely cause mortality. Seeds will likely be protected from fire by the damp soil in its habitat.
Timing of life history
Annual species. Seeds produced within one growing season. Flowering May to September.
Conservation status
None.
References
Klimešová, J., Danihelka, J., Chrtek, J., de Bello, F. and Herben, T. 2017. CLO-PLA: a database of clonal and budbank traits of the Central European flora. Ecology 98: 1179. [Empirical evidence; Academic literature]
Lososová, Z., Axmanová, I., Chytrý, M., Midolo, G., Abdulhak, S., Karger, D.N., Renaud, J., Van Es, J., Vittoz, P. and Thuiller, W. 2023. Seed dispersal distance classes and dispersal modes for the European flora. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 1485–1494 [Empirical evidence; Academic literature]