A windstorm in a forest blows down the largest trees in a particular area of the forest. Soon, sun-loving plants sprout in the new clearing. What type of succession is this? What do you think the area will look like in 5 years? 50 years?

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Jairo Sweeney

27 May, 12:01

A windstorm in a forest blows down the largest trees in a particular area of the forest. Soon, sun-loving plants sprout in the new clearing. What type of succession is this? What do you think the area will look like in 5 years? 50 years?

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Hobbs · Answer 1

Secondary succession

Explanation:

When a previously occupied area is re-colonized after a natural disaster or human activities that wiped out the previous community, then the type of succession is called a secondary succession. A practical example is abandoned farmland that a farmer left for a period of time and later revisited for farming afterwards.

Because the pioneer organism (sun-loving plants) were already on ground it will be fast for them to populate the area, grasses will sprout up too. insects, dentritivores, reptiles will move into the habitats.

After 5years; The habitat is populated by shrubs, which owns the forest floors. small pine, oak may soon join. a stable climax community.

Assuming the community is not interfere with bigger dominant trees, e, g the oak developed and other tree developed to bigger tree, followed by more insects, birds, rodents, herbivores and some carnivores, This entire sequence of event may take 50 years, to reach this climax community.