Question

What are the stages of plant Succession?

Answer 1

Succession in plants:

• Based on the nature of habitat – whether it is water or it is on very dry areas- succession of plants is called hydrarchor xerarch.
• Hydrarch succession takes place in water areas and the successional series progress from hydric to mesiccondition.
• Xerarch succession takes place in dry areas and the series progress from xeric to mesic conditions.
• Both hydrarch and xerarch successions lead to medium water conditions (mesic) – neither too dry (xeric) nor too wet (hydric)