Fire-climax cones of <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pinus_pinaster" title="Pinus pinaster">Pinus pinaster</a></i>, opening after being scorched on the outside by a forest fire. The seeds are protected by the thick scales, to be released later to recolonise the burnt ground.
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