Ecological Succession - Seral Communities

Seral Communities

See also: Seral communities

A seral community is an intermediate stage found in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community. In many cases more than one seral stage evolves until climax conditions are attained. A prisere is a collection of seres making up the development of an area from non-vegetated surfaces to a climax community. Depending on the substratum and climate, a seral community can be one of the following:

Hydrosere
Community in freshwater
Lithosere
Community on rock
Psammosere
Community on sand
Xerosere
Community in dry area
Halosere
Community in saline body (e.g. a marsh)

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