Not far from us we had a wildfire this past summer in a sagebrush habitat. You can see some photos of the fire on my friend Jenny's blog. I was going past the other day and decided to stop and take a closer look at what's coming up a couple months after the fire.
[Image] The raven had a high vantage point as he looked out over the charred landscape. It was clear that a lot of green was making an appearance.

[Image] Bunchgrasses were coming up from the roots. Apparently the fire was fast enough that it left some of the roots intact.
[Image] The bunchgrasses were fairly extensive.

[Image] I was surprised to see the wild rose emerging. Rose comes up quickly after a fire, but the reason I was surprised was I hadn't known it was there before!

[Image] Skunkbush was also emerging in one area.

[Image] Desert Boy was happy because he found a bone, and it was slightly charred on one end.

[Image] Prickly pear had burned, but small new prickly pear pads were starting to pop out of the ground.
[Image] Fortunately I didn't see any cheatgrass. It will undoubtedly come, but it's nice that some native plants have a head start.

[Image] One other plant I saw a lot of was this heron's bill. It's sometimes considered to be a weed, but at least it's keeping the ground down!

It was really fascinating to see what's coming up, and I'll have to take a look again and look for changes.