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. 2017 Jul 12;12(7):e0180661. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180661

Table 1. List of studied species.

Most of them are dominant species in the Chilean matorral.

Species Family Growth form Post-fire recruitment Post-fire resprouting
Acacia caven Fabaceae Tree yes-low [37] yes[4445]
Azara petiolaris (E) Salicaceae Shrub yes [33]
Baccharis linearis Asteraceae Shrub yes-low [33] yes [45]
Buddleja globosa Asteraceae Shrub no [45]
Cestrum parqui Solanaceae Shrub yes [45]
Colliguaja integerrima Euphorbiaceae Shrub
Colliguaja odorifera (E) Euphorbiaceae Shrub yes[34] yes [4346]
Cryptocarya alba (E) Lauraceae Tree yes-low [33] yes[4445,47]
Kageneckia angustifolia (E) Asteraceae Tree
Kageneckia oblonga (E) Asteraceae Tree yes [45]
Lithraea caustica (E) Anacardiaceae Tree yes-low [33,43] yes [33,4347]
Maytenus boaria Celastraceae Tree yes-low [33] yes[45]
Muehlenbekia hastulata Polygonaceae Woody vine yes[3334] yes[33,45]
Peumus boldus (E) Monimiaceae Tree yes[33,45]
Podanthus mitiqui (E) Asteraceae Shrub yes-low [33,43] variable[43,45]
Otholobium glandulosum (E) Fabaceae Shrub yes[45]
Quillaja saponaria (E) Rosaceae Tree yes[34] yes [33,4345]
Retanilla ephedra (E) Rhamnaceae Shrub yes[45]
Retanilla trinervia (E) Rhamnaceae Shrub yes [3334,43] yes-high [33,43,45]
Senna candolleana (E) Fabaceae Shrub yes[45]
Sophora macrocarpa (E) Fabaceae Tree yes[33,45]

The family, growth form, and the ability of post-fire recruitment and/or resprouting are also included. (E) = endemic to Chile. (—) Not evaluated or questionable information. (low) observation after low severity fires; (high) observation after high severity fires. Nomenclature and endemic status follow Zuloaga et al. [42].