Persoonia terminalis: Difference between revisions

''Persoonia terminalis'' grows in a [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfire]]-prone habitat, where fire is essential for many species to regenerate. ''P.{{nbsp}}t.{{nbsp}}terminalis'' is killed by bushfire and regenerates from seed,<ref name=clarke2009>{{cite journal |last1 = Clarke |first1 = Peter J. |last2 = Knox |first2 = Kirsten J. E. |year = 2002 |title = Post-fire response of shrubs in the tablelands of eastern Australia: do existing models explain habitat differences? |journal = Australian Journal of Botany |volume = 50 |issue = 1 |pages = 53–62 |doi = 10.1071/BT01055 }}</ref> which lies dormant in the soil.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Clarke |first1 = Peter J. |last2 = Knox |first2 = Kirsten J. E. |last3 = Campbell |first3 = Monica L. |last4 = Copeland |first4 = Lachlan M. |year = 2009 |title = Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion |journal = Cunninghamia |volume = 11 |issue = 2 |pages = 221–39 |url = https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/RoyalBotanicGarden/media/RBG/Science/Cunninghamia/Volume%2011%20-%202009/Cun112221Cla.pdf |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313133334/https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/RoyalBotanicGarden/media/RBG/Science/Cunninghamia/Volume%2011%20-%202009/Cun112221Cla.pdf |archivedate = 13 March 2016 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Large numbers of ''Persoonia'' seedlings appear after fire.<ref name="weston03" /> However, rocky outcrop habitat is vulnerable to fires occurring at too-frequent intervals of less than five years, which puts many species that regenerate by seed at risk of local extinction as plants are unable to mature to set seed before the next fire.<ref name=clarke2009 />