Ignited by lightening, the fire was unprecedented in the scale of damage it wreaked on the ancient trees.
It left behind enormous charred trunks in what had once been a lush forest.
Concerned scientists thought it might be the end of these trees as we knew them.
The re-sprouting redwoods. (Photo: LISSY ENRIGHT/USFS photo)
These green sprouts demonstrate the resilience of the redwood trees.
The research was recently published inNature Plants, and it has surprised many experienced scientists.
This caused the trees to turn toward their inner reserves.
Photo: Michael Schweppe viaWikimedia Commons
The energy was used by buds hiding within the trees.
However, there is still ample reason to be concerned whether the trees will properly rebound.
The sprouts are much smaller than the former forest cover, and the trees require energy.
Redwoods are majestic organisms.
One cannot help rooting for those resprouts to keep them alive in decades to come.
