Posted on January 20, 2010.
Would it be primary or secondary, if successsion a beaver blocked a stream and over time has created a bog? I'm confused, it might be secondary, because there was always some form of life and there was the soil beneath the pond, but it could also be primary because it is the new land that is technically created by succession.
Here's a quick overview of the cycle:
1.There is a small creek running through a forest
2.a beaver dam creates a pond beaver
3.The trees die after all waterlogged
4.sedge grass grows on the water to start a bog mat
5.as sedge peat moss grows also a follow-leaf
6.trees begin to develop when the bog mat is firmer
7.accumulation peat begins to raise the level of the pond bottom
8.The bog mat born on the pond and creates a solid ground for new trees to grow
9.The all water disappears, except for the creek that flows freely
10.a peatland forest has developed.
I'm leaning toward primary succession, because there seems to be a whole ecosystem of new forms of the pond, but I can not be certain ... Help?
i wouldnt have this problem, because I got rid of the beaver bog long before a forest can be made. I have plans for beaver in the river in my backyard as it is.
Secondary. Primary succession begins with a lifeless environment, such as bare rock.
primary bog hasn't been there before so that its primary, secondary, is when, as a forest burning and regrowth
