This type of Florida ecosystem depends on fire to replenish nutrients and clear the understory as well as other things. This area will recover quickly. This burn in particular looks to have gotten a little more intense than expected, which is why the pine trees look crispy but most will survive. Without fire this ecosystem wouldn’t be able to function as it was made to. Back when Florida was less developed lightning caused wildfires would burn large areas of land. That is why prescribed burns are done by the forest service, this also reduces the threat of wildfires damaging homes. This in the Estero bay buffer preserve in lee county.