Redwoods are susceptible to fungal canker. This disease can permanently set them back to a point where they eventually die. It is quite common.
Indians were the primary source of fires in the redwood forest during the pre-Columbian period, not lightning. You would have to go back to the pre-human period during the time of megafauna to find when lightning was the source of most burning.
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Redwoods are susceptible to fungal canker. This disease can permanently set them back to a point where they eventually die. It is quite common.
Indians were the primary source of fires in the redwood forest during the pre-Columbian period, not lightning. You would have to go back to the pre-human period during the time of megafauna to find when lightning was the source of most burning.
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