The “fires create a landscape more diverse in age, which reduces the probability of disease or fire spreading through large areas. An example of this adaptation is in the lodge pole pines trees they have two different types of pinecones that are produced, serotinous cones the makeup about 80% of the park's forest. The serotinous cones won’t release their seeds until the resin seal is melted. This adaptation allows for the seeds not to disperse until fire creates conditions that are favorable. Another example would be the Douglas Fir seed, it needs conditions that can only exist in rare microhabitats in the grasslands. If the seed reaches a microhabitat during the year a seedling will develop. The fires tend to kill the seedling but the mature Douglas Fir tree has thick bark that can resist the fire
The “fires create a landscape more diverse in age, which reduces the probability of disease or fire spreading through large areas. An example of this adaptation is in the lodge pole pines trees they have two different types of pinecones that are produced, serotinous cones the makeup about 80% of the park's forest. The serotinous cones won’t release their seeds until the resin seal is melted. This adaptation allows for the seeds not to disperse until fire creates conditions that are favorable. Another example would be the Douglas Fir seed, it needs conditions that can only exist in rare microhabitats in the grasslands. If the seed reaches a microhabitat during the year a seedling will develop. The fires tend to kill the seedling but the mature Douglas Fir tree has thick bark that can resist the fire