What do gopher tortoises eat?

"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">plant called

wiregrass is so used to fire that it germinates, or grows, out of

its seeds, after a fire. The bare soil that remains after a fire is

a soft and fertile soil bed. The wiregrass plant uses this soil bed

to put down its roots. Without regular fires, wiregrasses might be

taken over by trees and other plants that grow faster and

taller.

"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">An animal in

Florida that likes to eat wiregrass is the gopher tortoise.

Wiregrass is a big part of a gopher tortoise's diet, so regular

fires mean gopher tortoises have a regular food supply.