Thread: How the size and shape of dried leaves creates large bush fires.

To lessen the impact of fires, we need to know when they are likely to burn and how intensely. Central to this is the flammability of litter beds — the layer of dead leaves, needles, twigs and bark on the forest floor.
Every large fire begins as a small fire, igniting and initially spreading through the litter bed, but what makes some litter beds more flammable than others?



How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires (theconversation.com)