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| Fire or another act of disturbance helps aspen resprout. Following the fire, aspen shoots, as well as lupine, can be seen throughout the area. |
Many plants are adapted to periodic fire and in fact depend on it! Fire can help break open seeds, remove dead accumulations to let in light, and provide nutrients to the soil. A fire interval of 20-to-100 years is expected in aspen dominated areas; however, the Sanford Fire in this area followed a 4 or 5 year old previous burn. |
Despite the short amount of time between events, these aspen will simply begin again. In a 4-to-5 year period following the fire, it will not be suprising to see aspen trees up to 6 feet tall.
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Aspen Resilient
To view a short, under 2 minute motion video showing the previous burn, you can choose from two movie file sizes;
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Description of video clip
Wildlife Biologist Jake Schoppe explains how, despite the fact that this aspen stand was burned 4 or 5 years earlier and then reburned during the Sanford, it is resilient, and is already starting to recover.
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