SUCCESSION

PRIMARY SUCCESSION

• Primary succession is the series of changes that occur in a area
• Where no ecosystem previously existed.
• First there is no soil.
• Weathering has to happen first, for soil to be made and
• Plants can grow.

PRIMARY SUCCESSION FLOW MAP!!!

SECONDARY SUCCESSION

• Series of changes that occur after disturbances that have
• This effect include fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
• Soil remains in this succession.
• First thing you will see on rocks is lichens & mosses.

SECONDARY SUCCESSION FLOW MAP

CLIMAX COMMUNITY

• Climax community is what happens after succession.

THIS IS CLIMAX COMMUNITY FROM THE FIELD TRIP

THIS IS CLIMAX COMMUNITY FROM THE FILED TRIP

PIONEER SPECIES

• This is the first life to start growing.

THIS IS PIONEER SPECIES FROM THE FIELD TRIP

THIS IS PIONEER SPECIES FROM THE FIELD TRIP

THIS IS PIONEER SPECIES FROM THE FIELD TRIP

THIS IS PIONEER SPECIES FROM THE FIELD TRIP

THIS IS PRIMARY SUCCESSION FROM THE FIELD TRIP.

• New life is starting to grow

THIS IS SECONDARY SUCCESSION

• Has been destroyed before but is growing back

SECONDARY SUCCESSION

• Land has been destroyed but new land is starting to form

PRIMARY SUCCESSION

• New land is forming

PRIMARY SUCCESSION

• The land is making room for the new water (river)