A windstorm in a forest blows down the largest trees in a particular area of the forest. Soon, sun-loving plants sprout in the new clearing. What type of succession is this? What do you think the area will look like in 5 years? 50 years?

When a previously occupied area is re-colonized after a natural disaster or human activities that wiped out the previous community, then the type of succession is called a secondary succession. A practical example is abandoned farmland that a farmer left for a period of time and later revisited for farming afterwards.

Because the pioneer organism( sun-loving plants ) were already on ground it will be fast for them to populate the area,grasses will sprout up too. insects, dentritivores, reptiles will move into the habitats.

After 5years;The habitat is populated by shrubs, which owns the forest floors. small pine, oak may soon join.a stable climax community.

Assuming the community is not interfere with bigger dominant trees , e,g the oak developed and other tree developed to bigger tree , followed by more insects, birds, rodents, herbivores and some carnivores, This entire sequence of event may take 50 years, to reach this climax community.