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SUCCESSION
What is succession?
The slow development or replacement of a
community by another community
What is a pioneer species?
The first organisms to live in an uninhabited area
What is a climax species?
The well adapted species in a stable ecosystem
There are 2 types of succession:
1.Primary Succession
2.Secondary Succession

Primary
Succession
Caused
By

Volcanoes
Glaciers

Start
With

Rocks

Pioneer
Species

Lichens and
mosses

Secondary
Succession
Fire, Flood,
Farming,
mowing the
lawn
Soil
*existing
ecosystem
Grass

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Order of
Successi
on

1.
Lichens
and mosses
grow on
rock
2.
Soil is
formed
3.
Grass
grows
4.
Flowerin
g plants
5.
Shrubs/b
ushes
6.
Conifero
us trees
7.
Deciduo
us trees

1.Grass
2. Flowering
plants
3.Shrubs/bus
hes
4.
Coniferous
trees
5. Deciduous
trees