Re:California Is Built to Burn
by exclusiv on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @02:31AM
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Some trees are way better than others with fire.
In the western part of the country we have Jeffrey Pines [1].
They have branches that start really high up and their bark is super thick so they are considered fire resistant trees - highly fire resistant as adults.
"Jeffrey pine's ability to shed burning bark scales as a means to reduce fire damage has received mention in the literature, and firefighters have reported observing fires extinguished by shedding bark scales" [2]
In the western part of the country we have Jeffrey Pines [1].
They have branches that start really high up and their bark is super thick so they are considered fire resistant trees - highly fire resistant as adults.
"Jeffrey pine's ability to shed burning bark scales as a means to reduce fire damage has received mention in the literature, and firefighters have reported observing fires extinguished by shedding bark scales" [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_jeffreyi
[2] https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/pinjef/all.h...