An old home is abandoned and the lawn is no longer cut. Eventually, small shrubs overgrow, then trees take over what was once a lawn. Eventually, a forest surrounds the no longer visible home. What type of succession is this describing?
A climax community (Figure below) is the end result of ecological succession. The climax community is a stable balance of all organisms in an ecosystem and will remain stable unless a disaster strikes. After the disaster, succession will start all over again.
