Jamilla AZI can only guess at what some of these words mean (sorry, botanists), but this seems to be a cool example of tree bet-hedging in fire-prone regions.
Jack pine of all trades: deciphering intraspecific variability of a key adaptive trait at the rear edge of a widespread fire-embracer North American conifer - PubMed
At the rear edge, we inferred the mechanisms of a bet-hedging strategy ensuring steady recruitment during fire-free intervals and successful postfire regeneration. This capacity to cope with infrequent and unpredictable fire regime should increase the resilience of jack pine populations as global ch …