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A place, which used to be rocky and barren, has now turned into a lush green forest. The plant succession of the area is
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Options:
  • A Lichen, moss, herbs, shrubs
  • B Moss, lichen, herbs, shrubs
  • C Lichen, moss, shrubs, herbs
  • D Shrubs, herbs, moss, lichen
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Lichen, moss, herbs, shrubs
The rocky and barren place is deficient in water and lacks any organic matter, having only minerals in disintegrated or weathered state, the pioneer to colonies this primitive substration are crustose types of lichen.

Crustose lichens→ Foliose lichens → Moss→ Herbs → Shrub → tree.

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