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

117.  Hughes, R. H. 1966. Fire ecology of canebrakes. Proc. Annu. Tall 
           Timbers Fire Ecol.  Conf. 5:149-158.

Giant cane, a native bamboo, only exists in a portion of its original range, but forms extensive canebrakes in swamplands and low-lying coastal areas in the southeastern United States. This species thrives in a fire-maintained community; without periodic fire, stands stagnate. Fire, accompanied by carefully regulated grazing, can maintain stands of this most productive native grazing type. Regeneration of pond pine, the common overstory component of the cane type, is likewise most probably the product of recurrent fire. [K-L-S]

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