DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -2) Secondary succession occurs after a disturbance that has destroyed the community, but not the soil, as is the case for fires and floods. It is a quicker process than primary succession, and here the pioneer species will be plants able to rapidly grow and spread (r-selected species) like grasses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ecological succession in grasslands Definition The ecological succession is defined as the process of transformation in the species structure of the ecological community from their early stages to a mature community. The grassland is one of the members of the pioneer stage in ecological succession.

Detailed explanation-3: -The labels I-VII represent the different stages of primary succession. I-bare rocks, II-pioneers (mosses, lichen, algae, fungi), III-annual herbaceous plants, IV-perennial herbaceous plants and grasses, V-shrubs, VI-shade intolerant trees, VII-shade tolerant trees.