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Banksia attenuata resprouting from epicormic buds following a bushfire

{{See}Crown sprouter|Epicormal sprouter}}

Resprouters are plant species that are able to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.[1]

Plants may resprout by means of lignotubers at the base or epicormic buds.

Resprouters characterize chaparral, which has evolved to experience periodic fires.

References

  1. ^ Knox, Kirsten J. E.; Briggs, Morrison, David A. (2005). "Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae". Austral Ecology. 3 (2): 407–413.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)