Effect of Burning on Regeneration from Seeds in Wet Sclerophyll Forest

SUMMARY

The importance of dormant buried seeds of understorey species of the wet sclerophyll forests of northern N.S.W. is discussed in relation to their germination ability following fire or mechanical or chemical abrasion.

The optimum temperatures for germination were determined for the more common species.

The intensity and frequency of burning was shown to affect the species composition of the regeneration very significantly.