Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Nature Photos

 My partner Doug tipped me to this lovely picture of an old burn site, now a riot of wildflowers.
Tags: nature, networking, photography
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laylalawlor

laylalawlor

September 6 2013, 04:54:16 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, that's gorgeous! This is something I've been enjoying watching here as well; there were a couple of big fires near the highway when I first moved back to Alaska after living in Illinois, and it's been fun watching the wildflowers and increasingly larger plants recolonizing those areas.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

September 6 2013, 04:55:48 UTC 7 years ago

Many plants are designed to respond to fires or other large disturbances, so a fire triggers a growth spurt and a specific succession of plants.