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1858
After years of erupting, the forest has lost wildlife, and some of the trees buy the mountain. -
1890
The forest has started to gain back wildlife and its forest back that was burnt, and the volcano enters a 123 year quiet phase. -
1970
Before the eruption in 1980, Mount St. Helens was a stable community. -
1980
In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, causing its stable community to crash. In this case, the organisms were driven away by the eruption, which is the beginning stage of of succession. -
1983
Mount St.Helens was is the recovery stage of the eruption, entering step 1 of secondary succession, growing weeds and grass. -
1987
7 years later, the mountain was back open, because finally all the debris and ash were cleared, and the mountains was growing tiny plants. -
1990
The once burnt ruins have grown still has little amounts of grass and shrubs, still in phase 1 of secondary succession -
2002
After several years, the once scorched place started to grow bigger trees and some shrubs, the second step in secondary succession -
2010
After nearly 30 years, Mount Saint Helens has wildlife and giant trees growing, soon to be becoming a climax community. -
2017
Almost 40 years later, the forest has been changing and evolving lots, it now has wildlife and is growing trees, still in step 3 of secondary succession
