Which of the following statements about wildfires in deciduous forests is not true?

Wildfires can affect deciduous forests by burning vegetation and changing conditions for plants and wildlife, so the claim that these forests are unaffected is not true. Fire can also encourage some lichen and moss growth and temporarily improve the nutritional quality of new growth. The statement that tree quantity is unaffected by fires occurring less often than once every five years is a separate claim.

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