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New Pine Seedlings Growing After Wildfire
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Wildfire swept across Chestnut Knob in November 2016, leaving destruction behind. However, signs of the forest re-claiming the land appear quickly. Shortleaf Pine is adapted to periodic wildfire and is sprouting prolifically along the upper slopes where fire removed competing vegetation.