The Progress of Plant Succession on the Soufriere of St Vincent

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The Soufriere of St. Vincent is one of the 2 still intermittently active volcanoes in the W. Indies, the other being Mt. Pelee. The vegetation of its slopes was destroyed by an incandescent avalanche at the eruption of 1902-03, and the mountain was subsequently covered by a layer of fresh volcanic ash. Plant colonization of the bare ground began as soon as the mountain cooled and succession is still in progress. In 1942, plants had become established to the summit and within the crater. Major communities of the island may be classified as lower montane rain forest (climax), hurricane forest (subclimax) and elfin woodland (climax). Successional communities at the upper levels simulate elfin woodland, alpine meadow and tundra.

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