[pct-l] Wildfires near Acton, CA, and Vicinity

[cmkudija at earthlink.net (cmkudija@earthlink.net)]

In '94 the burned forest near Devil's Postpile was chest-high in lupines.
Lupines also were some of the dominant plants in the chaparral that burned
in the Simi fire last fall - the cool thing about lupine and others in the
pea family is that nitrogen-fixing bacteria populate their roots and "fix"
nitrogen from the atmosphere, adding useable nitrogen to the soil for
succession plants.

So...yeah, I want both, too - unless I want SHADE on a 95+ day!!!!

p.s. - you were, of course, correct in your prediction of chaparral
re-growth after fires - I continue to be impressed by regrowth i've
witnessed over the years.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Milo Rogers [mailto:rogers@isi.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:30 AM
To: cmkudija@earthlink.net
Cc: Eric Lee (GAMES); pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Wildfires near Acton, CA, and Vicinity

On 04.07.21, cmkudija@earthlink.net wrote:
> the forest around KM South looks pretty desolate after the major fire
> there about 3 years ago.

        But, the fire-cleared meadows there are so pretty now in the
Spring!  Trees vs. wildflowers... which do you choose?  I want both!
:-)

                                        Craig "Computer" Rogers