Primary succesion

  • Sep 11, 613

    Missouri is Barren

    Missouri is Barren
    Missouri has no life yet
  • Sep 11, 713

    Moss

    Moss
    As nutrients starts coming along moss and lichen start to form
  • Sep 11, 1013

    Brown soil

    Brown soil
    Brown soil forms from the eroded rock
  • Sep 11, 1300

    Grass

    The soil is full of nutrients and grass grows
  • plants and shrubs

    larger plants and shrubs grow in with the grass
  • animals

    animals will move in now that there is sustainable life and food
  • trees

    Trees grow in over time and the plant population gets larger succesfully creating a climax community
  • people

    people build houses in the new climax community
  • today

    today
    missouri is full of climax communities today like jefferson city and Joplin
  • Erosion

    the rock in missouri erodes from watter and starts to soften over time