Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies

  • Written by: Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University
Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea liliesOne year following the 2019/20 fires, this forest has been slow to recover.Rachael Nolan, CC BY-NC-ND

Green shoots emerging from black tree trunks is an iconic image in the days following bushfires, thanks to the remarkable ability of many native plants to survive even the most intense flames.

But in recent years, the length, frequency and intensity...

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