High severity vs low severity fire fallout (IMAGE)

University of Utah

High severity vs low severity fire fallout

Caption

11 years after the 2007 Moonlight Fire. (Left) A patch of forest that experienced high-intensity fire. The mature trees are charred from root to tip. (right) A patch of forest that experienced low-severity fire. The char-marks up the base of the truck indicate the flames didn’t make it to the crown of the tree. In the high-severity patch, shrubs have taken over, preventing the forest from regenerating. 

Credit

Credit: Jacob Levine

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