Not only do they survive the fires, the cones open during wildfires and spread

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Sep 17, 2021
8:45:58am

Preppy All-American

Not only do they survive the fires, the cones open during wildfires and spread

Seeds.

Wildfires is part of how the sequoia forest plants new trees and continues to exist.

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Preppy

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Sequoia is the top of my list for national parks I have yet to visit.

rad dawg

9/17/21 8:26am

That’s the first national park I ever visited

DrBYU

9/17/21 8:29am

Those things are built to withstand fires. Granted, the park itself

SinkingQuffa

9/17/21 8:31am

Not only do they survive the fires, the cones open during wildfires and spread

Preppy

9/17/21 8:45am

They have survived multiple fires over the millennia. As to completely prevent

Parker Schnabel

9/17/21 8:55am

More frequent less intense fires are necessary

rad dawg

9/17/21 9:15am

A couple things going for Sequoias: they grow in less dense forests

SinkingQuffa

9/18/21 9:01am

Loved sequoia

jxncoog

9/17/21 9:12am

Some parts of adjacent King's Canyon are like Yosemite but without the crowds.

ReyOso

9/17/21 10:22am

Understand the sentiment, but fires are good and necessary for the giant Sequoia

Backcountry

9/17/21 9:13am

We just went there last month. There was one area that really worried me.

ReyOso

9/17/21 10:22am

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