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Mountain Ash are the tallest flowering plants on earth. Eric Huang/Flickr

Ashes to ashes: logging and fires have left Victoria’s magnificent forests in tatters

David Lindenmayer, Australian National University; David Blair, Australian National University; Lachlan McBurney, Australian National University, and Sam Banks, Australian National University

In February 2009 the Black Saturday bushfires swept through the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria, burning 72,000 hectares. These forests are home to the tallest flowering plants on the planet, and iconic…