Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take
- Written by Lucy Commander, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Western Australia
Bulbine lilies flowering and eucalypts resprouting after fire in the Victorian high country. Heidi Zimmer
In a fire-blackened landscape, signs of life are everywhere. A riot of red and green leaves erupt from an otherwise dead-looking tree trunk, and the beginnings of wildflowers and grasses peek from the crunchy charcoal below.
Much Australian...