"The wildfire, the largest in the park’s history, devastated a critically endangered grove of Santa Rosa Island Torrey pine trees — some of the rarest pines in the world — according to recent federal damage assessments on the island."
Massive die-off predicted for exceptionally rare trees on California island wildlife oasis | CNNEcological concerns are becoming somber truths over two months after a wildfire ripped across the island.www.cnn.com