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| Fire and the Prairie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fire plays a major
role in the survival of many vegetation types around the world,
including the jack pine forests of Canada's boreal region and the
prairies of the arid
Great Plains (USA).
The extensive tracts of tallgrass prairie and oak savanna that existed in southern Ontario in pre-European times also owed their survival to fire. Today there are only small remnants of tallgrass prairie and savanna remaining in southern and northwestern Ontario, but regular burns are still required to maintain these endangered plant communities. |
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| This section outlines the reasons fire is required for tallgrass survival, the historic occurrences of fire, the ecological effects, and some considerations for how and when to burn. |  |
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