Biology 107 Reviews

 

 

64. Name the three kinds of successional climaxes.

Climatic Climax (most common, depends on the climatic factors such as rain, temperature, etc). Any one of the above can become a climax community, grasslands, shrublands or forest. Which one? depends on the rainfall, winds and temperature.

Disclimax (distrubance climax) due to the actions of people or their domestic animals. Here is a photo of bur clover a distasteful plant, which animals will not eat, has become the dominant plant.

Edaphic climax - localized variation such as a river creates a streamside forest, a higher water table in the midst of a desert or due to certain kinds of soils that change the kinds of plants that can grow there.