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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.
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
the lichens provided a base for various mosses and ferns -
Grasses begin to grow
Out of the soil made by the dead mosses and ferns grows grass -
Shrubs begin to grow
out of the grass grows small shrubs and then taller shrubs -
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
full blown climax ecosystem is formed
