What once was an open pasture on a long abandoned farm has changed over time without the direct influence of humans. After the cattle had been removed, shrubs and bushes could be seen dotting the grass-covered hillsides. A few years later, small pine trees and then larger deciduous trees appeared. Now, there are so many trees and shaded regions it is difficult to tell that this was once a field. In this wooded region that was once pasture, a mature forest of towering oaks and hickory trees eventually takes over. However, change is still apparent, as a large patch of young shrubs and small trees are growing where several large trees were toppled by a storm several years ago. Collectively, this wooded region represents?

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Biology

Rihanna Cochran

24 July, 06:50

What once was an open pasture on a long abandoned farm has changed over time without the direct influence of humans. After the cattle had been removed, shrubs and bushes could be seen dotting the grass-covered hillsides. A few years later, small pine trees and then larger deciduous trees appeared. Now, there are so many trees and shaded regions it is difficult to tell that this was once a field. In this wooded region that was once pasture, a mature forest of towering oaks and hickory trees eventually takes over. However, change is still apparent, as a large patch of young shrubs and small trees are growing where several large trees were toppled by a storm several years ago. Collectively, this wooded region represents?

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Cheyenne Ho · Answer 1

Secondary succession.

Explanation:

Secondary succession is a type of ecological succession which occurs after primary succession. In this succession, the organisms are replaced by the other type of organisms. On this land, first there is a grassland where only grass is present but with the passage of time, the grasses are removed and replaced by shrub and trees. Now this grass land becomes a wooded region.

Jimena Carlson · Answer 2

a secondary succession

Explanation:

The two types of ecological succession of a plant we have is primary and secondary succession. Based on description in this question, we can say it is a secondary succession, a secondary succession is process that starts by an event such as forest fire, hurricane harvesting that decrease a ecosystem that an already established like forest or a wheat field to a smaller population of species, and as such secondary succession occurs on preexisting soil whereas primary succession usually occurs in a place lacking soil