Redding Natural Area Walk

I went to Redding, California last week to visit my brother for a couple days. One day we went on a trail called the FB trail. The Trail walked along some big river or lake in the area but we were pretty far above the shoreline so the plant were more shrub-land and woodland plants. However, most of the trail had major fire damage from a wildfire about two years ago. The manzanita bushes were still black and grey with ashes. There were also lots of burnt tree stumps. But it was cool to see the new growth coming in after a couple years and some heavy rains in the weeks before. Smaller shrubs and plants were sprouting up everywhere and working to reestablish the landscape. It is amazing how resilient nature is and how it responds to crisis. I am curious if there is some process of which plants colonize the disturbed area first and how it fully recovers.

Posted on May 26, 2020 06:37 AM by chadschuler23