The longleaf pine’s branches arch toward the sky, each bud bursting with spindly green fingers. As flames sweep the landscape, setting yuccas and loblolly pine saplings ablaze, the longleaf’s thick bark peels but protects the solid trunk underneath.
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Source: Phys.org