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Fire, Adaptations and the Forest Community
... for wildlife Competition Fire dependent species Adaptations Thick bark- Redwood Self pruning branches- Ponderosa Pine Serotinous cones Table Mountain Pine Jack Pine Fire tunnel demonstration Fire behavior Seeds/seeding process Fire Management ... ? How does thick bark protect trees when a fire occurs? What happens to jack pine cones after being exposed to fire? ~ back ~
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Pinus clausa (Chapm
... central Florida are generally dense and even-aged with a majority of the trees bearing serotinous cones. Two geographic races have been distinguished on the basis of cone characteristics: Ocala (var. clausa ... of Ocala sand pine forest owe their existence to fire which releases seed from the serotinous cones. As a considerable volume of timber may be lost to such fires, however, this method ...
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Pinus contorta Dougl
... serotinous cones on the tree remain viable for years. Apparently, prolonged viability can be maintained so long as cones or seeds are not in contact with the ground. Once cones are on the ground, cones ... , repeated stem forking, unusually fast juvenile growth, a low incidence of serotinous cones, or a high incidence of semierect cones. Sierra-Cascade Race (var. murrayana)- In its typical form (in the ...
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Pitch Pine
... leucopus). Red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), rely so heavily on serotinous cones for food, they have created a selection pressure for cones with fewer seeds; serotinous cones produce fewer seeds in areas with high squirrel populations ...
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Sand Pine
... to southern Florida. This race is distinguished from the other variety by its serotinous cones, which either remain closed for many years, or open after high-intensity fires. ... var. immuginata, occurs in northwest Florida and extreme southeastern Alabama. This variety has non-serotinous cones. Human uses: Pulpwood, construction lumber, fuelwood, Christmas trees. Animal uses: Seeds eaten by ...
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Arboretum Images 7b
... that resprouts after fire. Although they are morphologically very different, several California pines have serotinous seed cones that open by fire. These are similar fire adaptations in unrelated plants on different continents ...
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Cupressus arizonica fact sheet
... branch tips; females small light green near branch tips. Fruit: Dry, round, woody, serotinous (open with fire) cones, 1 inch in diameter, 6 to 8 pointed scales, initially glaucous and green but ...
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Cupressus forbesii fact sheet
... branch tips; females small light green near branch tips. Fruit: Dry, round, woody, serotinous (open with fire) cones, 1 inch in diameter, 6 to 8 scales usually with a small, raised point ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Sequoia sempervirens Coast Redwood Catalog
... Cones from these trees hold an average of 200 seeds, very light in weight and they have wings to help them disperse in the wind. Sequoia cones are serotinous ... or the long horned beetle (Phymatodes nitidus) causes the cones to open and release the seeds. When the forest surrounding ... feed on the fleshy part of the cones. Although the squirrels and other rodents store cones for their winter food, most ...
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Wallace W Hansen Native Plants of the Northwest Sequoiadendron gigenteum Giant Sequoia Catalog
... growth rings. Cones from these trees hold an average of 200 seeds, very light in weight and they have wings to help them disperse in the wind. Sequoia cones are serotinous, releasing seed only when subjected to extreme heat. The cones of the Giant Sequoia are surprisingly small, obtaining a maximum ...
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