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the forest's nervous understudy, hoarding tinder until lightning hands it the spotlight
fire fuelDense undergrowth turns small sparks into crown fires
prescribed burnsForesters deliberately torch it to prevent worse blazes
shade dwellersThrives where canopy gaps let sunlight slip through
animal coverRabbits and quail nest hidden in its tangle
succession signHeavy growth marks a forest still rebuilding itself