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How smoke makes a wildflower grow

At least 25 kinds of plants in the California chaparral need wildfire smoke to trigger sprouting, though other factors matter too.

 

References:

Keeley, J.E., and C.J. Fotheringham. 1998. Smoke-induced seed germination in California chaparral. Ecology 79(October):2320.

 

Further Readings:

Mlot, C. 1997. Where there’s smoke, there’s germination. Science News 151(May 31):334.

 

Sources:

John E. Keeley
Western Ecological Research Center
USGS Biological Resources Division
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station
Three Rivers, CA 93271-9700

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998, p. 267.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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