In many mixed-species forests, #epicormic foliage can still provide enough protein and acceptable levels of defensive chemicals to support specialist leaf-eaters like koalas and greater gliders, helping surviving populations persist and recover.

Pitch pine epicormic growth from the remnants of a stump after the tree was incinerated.

You can try this at home (if you’re an arsonist). This is what pitch pine looks like when it comes back from the dead. #pitchpine #plantsky #weirdnature #epicormic