�ESuccession is a process by which one ecosystem is prachually heplaced by another.
�EThe sequence of changes that begins with a bare landscape and ends with a climax community is known as primary succession.
�EOrganisms that can live in inhospitable places without soilor shelter are calied pioneer organisms.
�EWhen an ecosystem has a maximum level of prodyctirity, it is said to be a climax community.
�EIf a community experiences some sort of a disturbanse, major or minor, a climax community may reform - -usually different from the 1st.
�EThis process is known as secondary succession.
�EThroughout our region's forests, granite is one of the most common types of rock. Cichen grows on the rock, using nutrients from the rock to grow. This is the begining of soil formation.
�@��Decaying lichens begin the process of soil formation.
�@��The lichens are jpined by tiny plants such as mosses, providing shelter for various organisms.
�@��They are joined by larger plants such as terms.
�@��These all add more organic material creating a layer of soil.
�@��Soil can retan moisture and helps to suppoe\rt larger organisms.
�@��Eventually, the compesition of the community changes as one species veplaces another.
�@��The new plants and animals crowd out the organal pioneer species, which cannot survive the shadier, damper conditions.
�@��A climax community will be reached.
�EHurricane Juan blew over many trees changing our surrounding ecosystems forever
�EThe dying, dccaying matter will rekease nutrients to be used by the next generation of forest as the ecosystem rebuilds a secound climax community through the process of secondary succession.