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Re:A man who posted himself to Australia (2015) by sethammons on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:58AM (#25331324)
That’s wild and unexpected. We (used to) burn eucalyptus for heating the house. A dry log will not light and stay lit without a healthy bed of coals in the wood stove.

I would think a tree adapted for brush fire would be more fire resistant. But a brief search does validate that on very hot days, the oil can vaporize and is indeed very flammable. The seasoned firewood must behave different than the live tree; the oil may have dried out at that point. TIL.

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Re:A man who posted himself to Australia (2015) by chrismorgan on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:28AM (#25332388)
Various Australian trees actually depend on fire to propagate. I love going through areas that were burned out in recent months—you get fresh green growth springing up everywhere, and a lot of the trees that got burned become absolutely covered in fresh green sprouting branches, and it contrasts beautifully with the black from the burning.
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Re:A man who posted himself to Australia (2015) by sethammons on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:56AM (#25332664)
Similar, pine trees in our former area require fire to propagate. Nature!
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