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Extreme wildfires are transforming Sierra Nevada forestlands into shrublands

Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. These fires are turning patches of forest into shrub fields — indefinitely, in some cases.

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