Plant Science Chapter 2

stable community of plants and animals that results from a complex community replacing simpler ones

percentage of a plant's biomass that is incorporated into the harvestable part

impact that human activity has on ecosystems and global resources

a climbing or twining plant, usually woods

atmospheric environmental conditions in the immediate vicinity of the plant, including interchanges of energy, gases, and water between atmosphere and soil

small flowering plants that grow in deciduous forests that start and complete their annual lifecycle in a very short time in the spring before tree leaf out

serial replacement of simple communities by more complex communities

plants that grow under the canopy of other taller plants