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Forest C located behind Carleton, on UNCW’s campus
While collecting data for Ecology lab the morning of February 1st, I took this picture of Forest C which has not been burned since the 1980s. Species like the Long leaf pine thrive in areas that have frequent burns because they stay in their sapling stage, for years if needed, until the conditions are right for them to quickly grow beyond the understory and reach a height safe to survive the next fire. Other species like grasses and Turkey Oak saplings do not survive the fire and are wiped out when they occur. Benefits of the fires include killing pests and competition to species that survive the fire, and thus providing nutrients for the soil and remaining vegetation. With that said, the abundance of species killed by the fire increases the longer it takes for another fire to occur.
Source: www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/TheB...
Forest C located behind Carleton, on UNCW’s campus
While collecting data for Ecology lab the morning of February 1st, I took this picture of Forest C which has not been burned since the 1980s. Species like the Long leaf pine thrive in areas that have frequent burns because they stay in their sapling stage, for years if needed, until the conditions are right for them to quickly grow beyond the understory and reach a height safe to survive the next fire. Other species like grasses and Turkey Oak saplings do not survive the fire and are wiped out when they occur. Benefits of the fires include killing pests and competition to species that survive the fire, and thus providing nutrients for the soil and remaining vegetation. With that said, the abundance of species killed by the fire increases the longer it takes for another fire to occur.
Source: www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/TheB...