Seral community
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A seral community is an intermediate stage found in ecological succession in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax community, an example of this is a recently logged coniferous forest; during the first two years, grasses, heaths and herbaceous plants such as fireweed will be abundant, after a few more years, shrubs will start to appear, and about six to eight years after clearing, the area is likely to be crowded with young birches. Each of these stages can be referred to as a seral community.
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