hydrosere

American  

[hahy-druh-seer] / ˈhaɪ drəˌsɪər /

noun

Ecology.

1. a sere originating in water.

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hydrosere British  

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊsɪə /

noun

1. a sere that begins in an aquatic environment

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Etymology

Origin of hydrosere

First recorded in 1925–30; hydro- ¹ + sere ²

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hydrosere

Most of the valleys are in the Transition Life-zone; the forests are rather dry and of pine with more or less isolated hydrosere communities about streams and ponds.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

The jumping mouse also is limited in its distribution by hydrosere communities, not by forests.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

Sorex palustris is tied closely in its distribution to hydrosere communities and is not dependent upon the presence of forests.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

All of these montane populations of the vagrans shrew are commonest in hydrosere communities, that is to say, streamsides and marshy areas where the predominant vegetation is grass, sedges, willows, and alders.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

Vagrant shrews, then as now, probably depended on hydrosere communities, while red squirrels required trees.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.