Re: Seeds germination requirement "wild fires"..

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• Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 20:47:19 -0700
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Several species of conifers need fire to heat up their cones and open them,
thus dispersing their seeds.  I can't think of them right off hand.
Charity Hagen
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> From: Dowdeswell <tejdee@ps.gen.nz>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Seeds germination requirement "wild fires"..
> Date: Thursday, April 17, 1997 2:09 AM
> 
> 
> > In early stages of this mailing list, we received a nice posting of
> > certian species of plant which needs a "wild fires or charco will
> > enhance the germination process".
> > 
> > What seeds(plants) require a wild fire to enhance the germination
process?
> 
> 
> Sounds like eucalyptus for one. They get periodic disastrous bush 
> fires around Sydney, Australia (always good for news footage) and 
> periodic bursts of rampant seedling eucalypts soon after (not often 
> reported)
> 
> Any more in Oz? and do you have many American species that need this?
> 
> 
> Terry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Terry Dowdeswell
> Tuakau, New Zealand
> Terry@delphinium.co.nz
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> http://www.delphinium.co.nz
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Time flies like the wind - fruit flies like bananas

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