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Table 1 Study species, family, sample size, growth form (shrub, sub-shrub, or palmetto), and post-fire recovery mode (resprouter, clonal, seeder) classification for resprouting species in Florida, USA, in 2009.

From: Post-Fire Growth Strategies of Resprouting Florida Scrub Vegetation

Species

Common name

Family

n

Growth forma

Post-fire recoveryb

Asimina obovata

bigflower pawpaw

Annonaceae

35

shrub

R

Bejaria racemosa

tarflower

Ericaceae

36

shrub

R

Gaylussacia dumosa

dwarf huckleberry

Ericaceae

36

sub-shrub

R, C

Licania michauxii

gopher apple

Chrysobalanaceae

37

sub-shrub

R, C

Lyonia fruticosa

coastal plain staggerbush

Ericaceae

36

shrub

R, C

Lyonia lucida

fetterbush lyonia

Ericaceae

38

shrub

R, C

Palafoxia feayi

Feay’s palafox

Asteraceae

38

sub-shrub

R, S

Persea humilis

silk bay

Lauraceae

34

shrub

R

Quercus chapmanii

Chapman oak

Fagaceae

39

shrub

R, C

Quercus geminata

sand live oak

Fagaceae

36

shrub

R, C

Quercus inopina

sandhill oak

Fagaceae

39

shrub

R, C

Sabal etonia

scrub palmetto

Arecaceae

36

palmetto

P

Serenoa repens

saw palmetto

Arecaceae

46

palmetto

P

Vaccinium darowii

Darrow’s vaccinium

Ericaceae

36

sub-shrub

R, C

Vaccinium myrsinites

shiny blueberry

Ericaceae

38

sub-shrub

R, C

Ximenia americana

tallow wood

Olacaceae

36

shrub

R, S

  1. a Weekley et al. (2006).
  2. b R = resprouter, C = clonal, S = seeder, P = palmetto (which is both a resprouter and a seeder, but put in its own category) (Menges and Kohfeldt 1995).