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Mount St. Helens
Burnt Trees upto 24 KM away. Destroyed 275 square km of forest. No large animals survived -
Soil was still rich!
Even after the explosion, the soil was still rich so secondary succession was still possible -
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New Organisms
Little seeds were being carried in order to start creating a new forest, some very small organisms survived and they also helped create this new environment. Also old tree roots were still and they were able to start to regrow -
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Medum Trees
Trees are basically teenagers, small wildlife is coming back and the forest is finally starting to look like something -
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Going back to Normal
The land is finally starting to look like a forest. Although it will never be the same way it was before it still has lots of hope for the future. Trees continue to grow bigger although still young, more and more wildlife is coming into the area and it is starting to thrive as an ecosystem again
