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Succession of plantlife

This series was shot on Murosipan Tepui. It illustrates how plant life starts to develop on bare sandstone rock. As a first step soil accumulates in little pockets. Then the first moss-cushions grow. Often these Mosses start to grow on the soil that could accumulate in little pockets or cracks. These cushions often are a start for the development of small plant communities that sit on the bare sandstone rock like little islands.




 

Mosses Mosses are the first plants that grow on the sandstone Rock. However, the dark coloration of the rock is due to Lichens and Algae growing on the surface.

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Plants on Murosipan Tepui