No previously existing life.

   Comes after a natural

disaster.  
Starts as the result of a Plants and Climax Community.  
volcano or receding glacier. Animals Starts as a result of a forest
Pioneer Species. Starts adapt.   fire or flood.  
on bare rock.   Previously existing life.  
Lichens break Starts with previously
Happens relatively slow.  
down rock.   existing soil.  
Happens relatively fast.  
Gradual
growth.  

AJ Coots B4