Giant sequoias are the largest trees on ... The second thing it does is it heats the cones up in the mature sequoia trees, without harming the trees and those cones open and there's a rain of ...

“The giant sequoias are adapted to a natural fire – it’s how they reproduce, with fire releasing seeds from the cones,” Beth ... 85 percent of all giant sequoia grove acreage across ...

Cones actually rely on heat from fire to open ... the unnatural buildup of vegetation in the highest-risk groves. The Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition of government agencies, tribes and nonprofit ...

The giant sequoia cones are serotinous, which means that they don’t open and release seed unless subjected to heat. In a normal situation, a ground fire would spark the release of the seeds from ...

it also generates heat that opens sequoia cones and releases their seeds. Although coast redwoods are the tallest trees on earth, giant sequoias, their biological cousins, are the largest by ...

"Large giant sequoias, before now ... Brigham says it's possible that too many sequoia cones and their seeds burned up in the fire. But with fewer adult trees left alive to make seeds in the ...

The naturally regenerating giant sequoia forest was so vigorous ... These pockets of intense wildfire melt the resins in sequoia cones, allowing them to release seeds by the tens of thousands ...

The naturally regenerating giant sequoia forest was so vigorous ... These pockets of intense wildfire melt the resins in sequoia cones, allowing them to release seeds by the tens of thousands ...

RELATED: Giant sequoia saplings thriving Up North near ... Usually, they send climbers up a particular tree to collect cones, and those cones are then nursed into seedlings. RELATED: There ...

Along with two other extreme fires in 2020-21, between 13% and 19% of all giant sequoias were killed, up to more than 14,000 trees. Brigham says it's possible that too many sequoia cones and their ...