Mount Ash [SEP] continent
Mount Ash
Mount Ash () is a Antarctica mountain, 2,025 m, in the Darwin Mountains, overlooking the north side of Hatherton Glacier 11 nautical miles (20 km) west-southwest of Junction Spur. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1959-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ralph E. Ash, mechanic, a member of the U.S. McMurdo-Pole traverse party, 1960-61.
the gradual drying of the continent and depletion of soil nutrients led to the development of a more open forest type, predominantly "Casuarina" and "Acacia" species.
The two valuable timber trees, alpine ash "E. delegatensis" and Australian mountain ash "E. regnans", are killed by fire and only regenerate from seed. The same 2003 bushfire that had little impact on forests around Canberra resulted in thousands of hectares of dead ash forests. However, a small amount of ash survived and put out new ash trees