Pine Cone Regrown: How One Species Thrives After Fire

A lodgepole pine cone waits high in a tree for forty years as a small spark becomes a forest fire. Animals flee while flames rise, until the heat opens the cone. Once the fire cools, it drops seeds into soil enriched by the blaze and newly exposed to sunlight. The book explains how this serotinous tree species depends on fire for new growth, with additional information about lodgepole pines and forest fires.