Pine Cone Regrown: How One Species Thrives After Fire

One pine cone hangs in wait at the top of a tall lodgepole pine—for forty years it waits. But it watches as a small spark flickers into flame. It watches as the flames whip into a forest fire, sending animals fleeing. It watches as the flames grow higher and hotter—until the pine cone cracks open. As the fire cools and dies, the pine cone finally drops its seeds into the soil. Soil that has been made r...