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Papaver californicum is a species of poppy known by the common names fire poppy and western poppy. It is endemic to California, where it is found in Central Western California and Southwestern California. [1] It grows in chaparral, oak woodlands, and other habitats, often in places that have recently burned.
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is a pyrophile, depending on fire to clear the ground for seed germination. [4] The passage of fire, by increasing temperature and releasing smoke, is necessary to raise seeds dormancy of pyrophile plants such as Cistus and Byblis an Australian passive carnivorous plant. Imperata cylindrica is a plant of Papua ...
Adenostoma sparsifolium, commonly known as redshanks or less commonly (outside of area of its principal distribution), ribbonwood or ribbon bush, is a multi-trunked tree or shrub native to dry slopes or chaparral of Southern California and northern Baja California.
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
More than 350,000 people in California live in towns sited completely within zones deemed to be at very high risk of fire. In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme. [10] [11]
According to CAL FIRE, fire crews continue to gain ground, and the blaze is now more than 89% contained. However, firefighters will now face a renewed threat of strong winds as they attempt to ...
PHOTO: An air tanker drops retardant on a grass fire burning above Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 18, 2024. (Noah Berger/AP)
Romneya (/ ˈ r ɒ m n i ə /) [1] is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). There are two species in the genus Romneya, which was named for Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson. [2] They are known commonly as Matilija poppies (/ m ə ˈ t ɪ l ɪ h ɑː / mə-TIL-i-hah), bush poppies, California ...