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The Role of Fire in the Forest Nutrient Cycle: diagram shows how forest fires recycle nutrients back into the soil regime and open up the forest canopy to increase solar input

The Role of Fire in the Forest Nutrient Cycle: diagram shows how forest fires recycle nutrients back into the soil regime and open up the forest canopy to increase solar input

Forest fires release nutrients, particularly minerals, back to the soil that have been “locked up” in standing timber Many of these are returned to the soil, but many also flow into bodies of water (streams, creeks, rivers, etc) At the same time, the loss of tree leaves and needles opens the canopy to enable more sunlight to penetrate the forest floor, where regenerating grasses, sedges, wildflowers, developing seedlings, etc can use it to boost the ecosystem’s biomass

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U.S. National Park Service

Project=Wildland Fire in the Northern Rockies brochure; Art_Registration_No=PUB-0029; Reflective Art

Government owns art and all reproduction rights.

Public domain

Natural History, (HFC ArtTheme)
, Mixed media, (HFC ArtMedium)

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NPS-wide, Code: NPS

Image Management System : IMS 10963

HFC Commissioned Art Collection

20190904

01/01/1989 - 12/30/1989

Image_Size=15" x 10"; Count:4/5; Resource Topics for Parklands: Wildland Fire in the Northern Rockies brochure

MC E3

Public Can View

Quinan, Johnstone

Organization: Harpers Ferry Center
Address: Harpers Ferry Center, 67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, WV, 25425, 304-535-5050

Friday, October 4, 2019 11:12:30 AM

Friday, October 4, 2019 11:12:30 AM

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