Record #:

3729

Author(s):

Fredericks, Odile

Abstract:

For thousands of years many plants in the Coastal Plain prospered through lightning-caused fires, which burned away surface materials and promoted new growth. As people now occupy these areas, lightning fires are controlled and plant survival is threatened.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Early Summer 1998, p11-13, il

Subject(s):

Lightning; Plants, Effects of fire on