- Seral community
A seral community (or sere) is an intermediate stage found in
ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards itsclimax community . An example of seral communities insecondary succession is a recently loggedconifer ous forest; during the first two years, grasses,heath s andherbaceous plants such asfireweed will be abundant, after a few more yearsshrub s will start to appear, and about six to eight years after clearing, the area is likely to be crowded with youngbirch es. Each of these stages can be referred to as a seral community.A seral community is the name given to each group of plants within the succession. A
primary succession describes those plant communities that occupy a site that has not previously been vegetated. These can also be described as the pioneer community.A "prisere" is a collection of seres making up the development of an area from non-vegetated surfaces to a climax community.
ee also
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Frederic Clements
*Plagioclimax
*Autogenic succession
*Allogenic succession
*Hydrosere
*Lithosere ]
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