Wildfires in Crater Lake burned approximately 33,000 acres in 2011, leaving 25 square miles of charred timber and bare ground. The five-week fire burned the loblolly pine trees and seeds for which Bastrop
State Park is famous. Park rangers are hoping that new plant growth on the bare soil cover will
eventually be established as pine trees; however, immediately following a wildfire, the first plants which
emerge will most likely be grasses as a stage in-
a primary succession
b. secondary succession
c. tertiary succession
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