Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

68. Eleuterius, L. N., and S. B. Jones, Jr. 1969. A floristic and ecological study 
         of pitcher plant bogs in south Mississippi. Rhodora 71:29-34.

A peaty bog which had burned annually in the winter for the past 7 years was compared with a similar bog that had not burned for 3 years. Results suggest that pale pitcher plant and a number of native bog orchids are dependent upon fire to maintain the open bog. Fire retards succession toward "sedge-woody" species. Plant diversity overall was greater in the burned bog, as was plant productivity. [K-L-S]

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