Resprouter
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Resprouters are plant species that are adapted to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.
Banksia attenuata resprouting from epicormic buds following a bushfire
Fire adaptations
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Fire adaptations are traits of plants and animals that help them survive wildfire or to use resources created by wildfire. These traits can help plants and animals increase their survival rates during
Ecological succession after a wildfire in a boreal pine forest next to Hara Bog, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia. The pictures were taken one and two years after the fire.
An example of thick bark
An example of epicormic sprouting
A basal lignotuber