Secondary Succession

By Taeson
  • Secondary Succession, a climax community is destroyed by somthing, like a forrest fire, startting the process of succession all over again.

    Secondary Succession, a climax community is destroyed by somthing, like a forrest fire, startting the process of succession all over again.

    A majore catastrophic event occurs, Like a forrest fire.
  • lichens begin to grow.

    lichens begin to grow.

    These are the first species to return to the devastated landscape, this is called a pioneer species. they then start dieing and decomposing becoming soil in a process called eutrophication.
  • mosses and ferns begin to grow

    mosses and ferns begin to grow

    the lichens provided a base for various mosses and ferns
  • Grasses begin to grow

    Grasses begin to grow

    Out of the soil made by the dead mosses and ferns grows grass
  • Shrubs begin to grow

    Shrubs begin to grow

    out of the grass grows small shrubs and then taller shrubs
  • A conifer forrest grows

    A conifer forrest grows

    small pine trees and eventualy a full blown coniferous forrest grows
  • A climax comunity, All the life it can support is being suppoerted, hardwood forrest is formed

    A climax comunity, All the life it can support is being suppoerted, hardwood forrest is formed

    full blown climax ecosystem is formed