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Burned Pines on Shortoff Mountain
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The March 2017 wildfire on Shortoff Mountain wiped out a bunch of areas that were just recovering from the 2002 and 2007 wildfires, including these young pines that had grown from the ashes. Ferns take advantage of the sunlight and have taken over the ground here.