BCECE Medical BCECE Medical Solved Papers-2010

  • question_answer
    Lichen is the pioneer vegetation on which succession?

    A)  Hydrosere     

    B)  Lithosere

    C)  Psammosere     

    D)  Xerosere

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The occurrence of relatively definite sequence of communities over a period of time in the same area is known as ecological succession. Lithosere is a type of xerosere originating on bare rock surfaces. The original substratum is deficient in water and lacks any organic matter having only minerals in disintegrated unweathered state. The pioneer vegetation is therefore lichen. Hydrosere originating in a pond strarts with the colonisation of some phytoplanktons which from the pioneer plant community.


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