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An acquaintance working on her forestry PhD told this story more like: some species are adapted to produce forest fires. Pines lay down beds of dry needle and p
by astazangasta 11y ago
An acquaintance working on her forestry PhD told this story more like: some species are adapted to produce forest fires. Pines lay down beds of dry needle and produce compounds that promote flammability. This is their strategy for getting ahead. She also described an interspecies war to claim territory: pines trying to make more fire to burn out their competition, oaks promoting damp and moisture to drown out theirs.
In the future when we all live in the sky, a burning mountain will be a great spectacle that we travel to see. "It's fire season, I'm going north to catch the show this week."
- A_COMPUTER 11y agoI was shown a pine cone once that snapped open when burned, enabling its seeds to pop out. It was explained to me that fire was a necessary part of the tree's lifecycle, and that this is why logging isn't a suitable substitute for fires.
- zevyoura 11y agoA similar (or maybe the same) species is mentioned in the article: "The jack pine depends on fire to melt the hard resin that encases its seeds."