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Primary succession is the development of communities on
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Primary succession begins on bare, unoccupied surfaces where no community existed before (e.g., bare rock, newly cooled lava, sand dunes).It starts with pioneer species like lichens and mosses, which gradually modify the habitat, allowing other species to establish. Options like cleared forest or harvested crop fields represent secondary succession, not primary.
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