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How does a pioneer species differ from a climax community ?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    In a primary succession situation, the pioneers can grow on bare rock or on shallow regolith. Classically these are lichens.

    In a secondary succession situation, the pioneers are typically the surviving seeds that sprout the quickest -- classically grasses and wildflowers.

  • 1 decade ago

    sorry, i just saw the word climax, ;)

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