resprouter

File:Banksia attenuata resprouter.jpg resprouting from epicormic buds following a bushfire]]

Resprouters are plant species that are adapted to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.{{cite journal | author = Knox, Kirsten J. E., Morrison, David A. | year = 2005 | title = Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae | journal = Austral Ecology | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 407–413 | doi=10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01482.x| bibcode = 2005AusEc..30..407K }}

Plants may resprout from a bud bank that can be located in different places, including in the trunk or major branches (epicormic shoots) or in belowground structures like lignotubers, bulbs, and other structures.{{cite journal |last1=Pausas |first1=Juli G. |last2=Lamont |first2=Byron B. |last3=Paula |first3=Susana |last4=Appezzato-da-Glória |first4=Beatriz |last5=Fidelis |first5=Alessandra |title=Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems |journal=New Phytologist |date=March 2018 |volume=217 |issue=4 |pages=1435–1448 |doi=10.1111/nph.14982|pmid=29334401 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018NewPh.217.1435P |hdl=10261/183163 |hdl-access=free }}

Resprouters characterize chaparral, fynbos, kwongan, savanna and other landscapes that experience periodic fires.