Table 3.

Categorization of species as having either obligate or facultative pyrogenic dormancy release based on results from this study. Data are response to summer and fire treatments for each species. G_max is the maximum germination reached across all durations of the treatment specified.

Functional group			Response to summer gap temperatures		Response to fire temperatures
Seed trait/attribute measured‡:		1i	1ii(b)	1ii(b)	2i	2i	2ii	2ii	3i
Species	Pyrogenic dormancy release class	Initial mean dormancy (%)	Gmax after current summer heat (%)	Germination increase above Gmax after projected summer heat (%)	Temperature required for G20%	Temperature required for Gmax	% mortality after 10 min at 100°C	% mortality after 1 min at 120°C	% dormant seeds remaining post-Gmax
(1) Acacia rminalis	Obligate	100.00 ± 0.00	0	0	80	100	8.9	8.9	13.3
(2) Acacia licifolia	Obligate	97.77 ± 2.23	6.8	1.3	80	100	7.7	0	31.7
(3) Acacia suaveolens	Obligate	91.33 ± 8.67	7.0	15.7	100	100	0	0	45.0
(4) Acacia linifolia	Obligate	93.50 ± 3.62	9.5	0.6	100	100	0	8.1	23.5
(5) Dodonaea triquetra	Obligate	100.00 ± 0.00	14.0	15.1	100	100	0	0	7.0
(6) Pomaderris discolor	Obligate	98.15 ± 1.85	14.8	0	80	100	0	1.6	5.7
(7) Dillwynia retorta†	Facultative	97.33 ± 2.77	31.4	48.8	60	60	23.3	86.7	2
(8) Gompholobium grandiflorum†	Facultative	81.5 ± 4.03	35.8	30.7	40	80	36.7	100	0
(9) Bossiaea rhombifolia†	Facultative	90.00 ± 2.89	37.9*	31.4*	60	80	53.3	100	7.1
(10) Gompholobium latifolium	Facultative	95.00 ± 5.00	38.8	32.5	60	80	0	15.5	0
(11) Dillwynia floribunda	Facultative	98.27 ± 1.73	38.9	7.4	60	60	7.0	18.6	0
(12) Bossiaea heterophylla	Facultative	93.33 ± 3.84	51.9	6.7	40	60	6.7	80.0	0
(13) Bossiaea obcordata†	Facultative	83.33 ± 6.01	58.8*	41.7*	80	80	6.8	100	7
(14) Pultenaea stipularis	Facultative	96.3 ± 1.85	64.6	9.0	40	60	19.9	18.3	3.3

^*Denotes additional seasonal data from Santana et al. (2010).

^†Denotes species where additional fire data compiled from Auld (unpublished data) and Auld and O'Connell (1991).

^‡Codes relate to the measurable seed traits and attributes outlined in Table 1.