Forest fires add a shot of fertilizer!

 

On the first day of Spring, I discovered this Pasqueflower blooming in the ash and blackened needles of a burn that occurred exactly a year ago. I'm expecting a bumper crop of pasqueflowers this year because of the added shot of "fertilizer" added by all of our recent forest fires!

Photo: Pasqueflower, fire-blackened rock and ash; Lory State Park, CO; March 20, 2014