Structure

This image focuses of the structure of an ecosystem’s attributes and accents on the plant species present of absent and their abundance in a “place”. Here, we see a clear change in succession, and vertical plant growth (both living and dead). To be chronological, the description of this image will start from the foreground and then move to the background. First, we see restoration being in process in the foreground. One of very few groups of people have gone against the social standards of “gift giving” (Jordan 2006), and have taken the time to clear space in a location overly invasive with non-native species. They have cleared the Himalayan blackberry bushes that were suffocation the habitat, and have started a new successional pattern in the foreground. Here, we see species, relatively abundant, that are sun tolerant and grow well in an open space. As they will continue to grow, they will set succession in motion, and as you can see further in the background, there is evidence of succession (sun tolerant going into shade tolerant plants). As we move further away from the foreground, we see evidence to both living and dead vertical structures. We see the decomposition of dead organic material in the mulch and underneath the plant floor and the lower plants. Then we see an abundant amount of shade tolerant floor plants and lower plants growing vigorously underneath the shrub level and the understory. Last but not least, we also see evidence of both coniferous and deciduous species of plants the further up the canopy level stretches. This is a great example if vertical arrangement of vegetation in an ecosystem.

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