Reminds me of how (small and regular) forest fires are actually healthy for giant sequoias. > Giant sequoia cones are serotinous, which means that fire on the

Reminds me of how (small and regular) forest fires are actually healthy for giant sequoias. > Giant sequoia cones are serotinous, which means that fire on the forest floor causes them to dry out, open and release their seeds. This adaptation ensures that the tree times the release of most of its seeds to coincide with fire, which creates ideal conditions for regeneration success. Fire burns off woody debris and exposes the soil, it creates an ash layer that returns nutrients to the soil and increases sunlight by killing some of the competing pines and firs. https://www.savetheredwoods.org/interactive/giant-sequoia-and-fire/ https://www.savetheredwoods.org/interactive/giant-sequoia-an...