Searsia incisa var. effusa resprouted after fire

This Searsia incisa var. effusa shrub survived a fire in the Kouga, coppicing freely from its stem-base.

Some plants resprout from lignotubers, woody swellings of the root crown that safeguard the plant from destruction often caused by fire. Other woody plants achieve the same by developing burrs, deformed growths of the tissue resulting in knots of dormant buds, brought about by stress from injury or infection.

Resprouters banking on vegetative growth may produce fewer seedlings than single-stemmed species resorting exclusively to sexual regeneration from seed for the survival of their species.

Forests of tall tree canopies are generally regenerated from seed only, while the multiple-stem resprouters do well in fire-prone scrub, low canopies and open veld (Kruger, et al, 1997 Resprouters vs Reseeders in South African Forest Trees; a Model Based on Forest Canopy Height. Functional Ecology, 11(1), pp. 101-105; Wikipedia).