Savanna Pines (<I>Pinus elliottii var. densa</I>) in Everglades National Park, Fla. (IMAGE)

National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)

Savanna Pines (<I>Pinus elliottii var. densa</I>) in Everglades National Park, Fla.

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Savanna trees such as these pines may help facilitate frequent fires in order to prevent other trees from displacing savanna trees and shifting the community from an open savanna to a closed forest.

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Brian Beckage/UVM

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