Fremont silktassel is most common, however, in chaparral communities. These communities are maintained through lack of soil build-up or frequent fire, which prevents permanent invasion of trees. Fremont silktassel recovers from fire rapidly. Top-killed plants sprout vigorously in the first postfire growing season. Partially burned plants grow new shoots from the unburned portions of their branches.
New shoots produce flowers and fruits at the second postfire growing season.
Prescribed burning will not significantly affect Fremont silktassel populations. Fire does not stimulate germination of this species, but fire-damaged plants usually regain or exceed their preburn biomass within a few years. Distribution of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians by BLM physiographic regions and A.W. Kuchler's associations for the eleven western states. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The crude protein variations in the browse diet of California deer.