ecosystem timeline

By jillianzahumensky

  • Lichens begin to grow.

    Lichens begin to grow.

  • taller shrubs begin to grow

    taller shrubs begin to grow

  • Mosses and ferns begin to grow.

    Mosses and ferns begin to grow.

  • grasses begin to grow

    grasses begin to grow

  • followed by short statured species of shrubs

    followed by short statured species of shrubs

  • succeded a harwood forest

    succeded a harwood forest

  • fire

    fire

  • secondary succession occurs.

    secondary succession occurs.

  • replaceed by a conifer forest

    replaceed by a conifer forest

  • differences between natural and cultural euthrophications

    Cultural eutrophication: Speedy eutrophication caused by human activity. Natural eutrophication: The natural addition of excessive nutritional substances in a lake or body of water.