Resprouting

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Ecology & Recovery

Working definition

Vegetative regrowth from surviving plant tissues such as roots, lignotubers, stems or buds after fire damage.

In plain language

Vegetative regrowth from surviving plant tissues such as roots, lignotubers, stems or buds after fire damage.

Why it matters

Resprouting is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.