General characteristics of early and late successional plants Early Late

• Characteristic

• Number of seeds

• Seed size

• Dispersal

• Root:Shoot Ratio

• Growth rate

• Mature size

• Shade tolerance

• Many Few

• Small Large

• Wind, stuck Grav, eaten

• Low High

• Rapid Slow

• Small Large

• Low High

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