hydrosere
/ˈhaɪdrəˌsɪr/
noun
- A sequence of plant communities that develops in a wet area, such as a pond or marsh, as it gradually fills with sediment and becomes dry land.
- The hydrosere in the abandoned quarry shows how plants slowly turn a pond into a forest.
- Ecologists studied the hydrosere to understand how wetlands change over centuries.
- As the lake filled with silt, a hydrosere began with floating plants and ended with trees.