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

192. Pullen, T., Jr., and G. L. Plummer. 1964. Floristic changes within pitcher 
          plant habitats in Georgia. Rhodora 66:375-381.

A comparison of the flora in the moist barrens of Georgia in 1906 with that of 1962 showed an introduction of 98 new occurrences and the elimination of perhaps 50 species. These floristic changes seem entirely related to changes in land use, namely management of these lands for intensified grazing. Coincidental with grazing is annual burning, the import of new species through winter supplement of hay for cattle, and increased vehicular traffic. Fire and pasture development have provided optimum conditions for the most heliotypic species through release of nutrients and removal of litter. [K-L-S]

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