A vocabulary of landscape — a landscape of words
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pyrophyte
A plant adapted to fire — shaped by it, sometimes dependent on it. Thick bark, serotinous cones, resprouting root crowns, volatile oils that invite fire and survive it. The landscapes most heavily salted with pyrophytes are the ones that have burned longest.
Etymology
Greek pyr (fire) + phyton (plant). A fire-plant.