Sequoia forest after a prescribed burn, illustration. The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, USA. The thick bark makes the tree resistant to the recurrent forest fires of the region, which trigger the release of seeds from the sequoia cones. However, the increase in fire intensity in the 21st century has lead to more sequoia's being killed in forest fires and their cones being incinerated. Prescribed burns remove shrubs and young trees, reducing excess fuel that enables high intensity forest fires. A sequoia seedling is seen at bottom right. For a sequence of images showing the varying outcome of sequoia forest fires see C059/9892-9895. | |
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