Re: introduction

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Thu, 22 Jul 1993 15:10:33 +0800

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>>On our local army base, Fort Bragg
>>(covering about 100,000 acres) 1050 plant species (or varieties?)
>>were cataloged. Including 15 species of CP. The cover photo showed
>>a very nice stand of S. flava. Apparently, part of the diversity
>>comes from periodic fires started on the shelling range which
>>destroy competing plant species and leave fire-resistant plants
>>(including CP) free to grow. Apparently thing went well, although
>>the survey team did report seeing artillery shells pass overheard.
>>Far overhead I hope!

I had occasion to visit Ft. Bragg when I worked at SRI and we
had a testbed there. The place is HUUUUUUUGE. More like a
county than an army base.
s

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