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Fireweed is lovely, and quick to flood a burned area. My guess is that it hangs out in a few sunnier patches of an otherwise shady forest, survives the fire, and spreads rapidly afterward. It was everywhere along the trail.

L4_FireweedCloseup.jpg (300 Kb) (under photos/23/0730_RMNP_CubFernOdessa/)

By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Tue Mar 10 18:16:39 MDT 2026)