Marsh arrow-grass
Triglochin palustris
Family: Juncaginaceae
Fire effect on plant
Marsh arrowgrass is likely top-killed by fire, with belowground buds surviving.
Key traits
Marsh arrowgrass is a perennial bulbous herb of damp soils that can grow clonally via rhizomes. It has a belowground budbank (an average of 14 buds) at a depth of 5cm (Klimešová et al. 2017).
The effect of fire on marsh arrowgrass seeds is not described. Seeds are wind dispersed, achieving considerable dispersal distances (10–500 m; Lososová et al. 2023).
Plant response to fire
The direct effect of fire on marsh arrowgrass is not described in the literature. However, its belowground budbank makes survival through fire likely. The effect of fire on marsh arrow-grass seeds is also not described.
Timing of life history
Perennial species. Seeds likely produced from second growing season. Flowering June to August.
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]