In2011, firesinBastropCounty, Texaswerethemostdamaging wildfires in Texas history. The fire spread through the pine trees and scorched nearly 5, 700 acres of Bastrop State Park. The majority of the Houston toads habitat was lost, and the Lost Pines Forest was greatly affected. As ecological succession began, which of these most likely appeared in the Bastrop forest area first?

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In2011, firesinBastropCounty, Texaswerethemostdamaging wildfires in Texas history. The fire spread through the pine trees and scorched nearly 5, 700 acres of Bastrop State Park. The majority of the Houston toad’s habitat was lost, and the Lost Pines Forest was greatly affected. As ecological succession began, which of these most likely appeared in the Bastrop forest area first?

A	Shrubs and trees
B	Newly developed topsoil
C	Weeds and grasses
D	Lichens on fallen trees

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The largest wildfire in Texas history was the East Amarillo Complex fire on March 12, 2006, which burnt through 907, 245 acres. The East Amarillo Complex Fire broke out in the Texas Panhandle killing a dozen people and destroying nearly a million acres according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).

Detailed explanation-2: -Due to the ongoing exceptional drought conditions in most of Texas and the high winds brought to the state by Tropical Storm Lee, a series of wildfires flared up over Labor Day weekend and continued into the following week. The largest and most destructive was what is now known as the Bastrop County Complex.

Detailed explanation-3: -The area of the Eastland complex has received less than 25 percent of its normal annual rainfall so far. But the immediate trigger for the fires came from a few days of “high temperatures, extremely high winds, and low relative humidity, ” says Rodriguez.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vegetation, weather conditions and drought all play a role in the intensity of wildfires and the year as a whole. In 2022, severe drought, worsened by an ongoing La Niña pattern, resulted in one of the worst wildfire years since 2011.

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