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F. E. Clements (1874 – 1945). http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/chronob/CLEM1874.htm. Eyre (1968). Primary Succession: Glacier Bay. Google. Rosebay Willow Herb ( Epilobium angustifolium). Alder ( Alnus ) Thicket. Alder Catkins. Dryas. Spruce ( Picea ) Establishment.

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  1. F. E. Clements (1874 – 1945) http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/chronob/CLEM1874.htm

  2. Eyre (1968)

  3. Primary Succession: Glacier Bay

  4. Google

  5. Rosebay Willow Herb (Epilobium angustifolium)

  6. Alder (Alnus) Thicket

  7. Alder Catkins

  8. Dryas

  9. Spruce (Picea) Establishment

  10. Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)

  11. Hemlock Forest

  12. Primary Succession: Mount Saint Helens

  13. NASA

  14. Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

  15. Lupines (Lupinus lepidus) Larry Workman Panoramio

  16. Fir and Spruce regeneration in 2007 George Salisbury - Flickr

  17. Early Primary Succession on the Volcano Mount St. Helens Roger del Moral and David M. Wood. Journal of Vegetation Science Vol. 4, No. 2 (Feb., 1993) (pp. 223-234) Primary succession on Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA, was studied using long-term observational and experimental methods. Distance from potential colonists is a major factor that impedes early primary succession. Sites near undisturbed vegetation remain low in plant cover, but species richness is comparable to intact vegetation. Sites over 500 m from sources of potential colonists have as many species, but mean species richness is much lower than in undisturbed plots. Cover is barely measurable after 11 growing seasons. Highly vagrant species of Asteraceae and Epilobium dominate isolated sites. Sites contiguous to undisturbed communities are dominated by large-seeded species. For a new surface to offer suitable conditions to invading plants, weathering, erosion and nutrient inputs must first occur. The earliest colonists are usually confined to specific microsites that offer some physical protection and enhanced resources. Primary succession on Mount St. Helens has been very slow because most habitats are isolated and physically stressful. Well-dispersed species lack the ability to establish until physical processes ameliorate the site. Species capable of establishment lack suitable dispersal abilities. Subsequently, facilitation may occur, for example through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, but these effects are thus far of only local importance. Lupinus lepidus usually facilitates colonization of other species only after it dies, leaving behind enriched soil lacking any competitors. Experiments and fine-scale observations suggest that successional sequences on Mount St. Helens are not mechanistically necessary. Rather, they result from local circumstances, landscape effects and chance.

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