prisere
/ˈpraɪsɪr/
noun
- A sequence of plant communities that develops in a particular area over time, starting from bare ground or water and leading to a stable climax community.
- The prisere in the abandoned field began with weeds and ended with a forest.
- Ecologists studied the prisere on the volcanic island to see how plants colonized the new land.
- A prisere can take hundreds of years to reach its final stage.
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