![Reconstruction of the peat forming forest](https://i0.wp.com/wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Reconstruction-of-the-peat-forming-forest.jpg?fit=317%2C315&ssl=1)
Reconstruction of the peat-forming forest of earliest Permian age preserved by a volcanic ash-fall that buried stems, broke off twigs, toppled trees, and preserved the forest at site 1 (of Figs. 1 and 2) near Wuda, Inner Mongolia, China, based on actual location of trees.