7) Describe how the types of vegetation present on this farmland would change if a fire burned down all the trees 120 years after the land was abandoned. The data table summarizes the changes that occurred to farmland in the yearsimmediately following its abandonment. The land is located in a very stable ecosystem. It wasabandoned after years of overuse and weathering, which resulted in the depletion of soilnutrients.Common Types of Vegetation PresentYears Since Grasses andHardwoodShrubsPine ForestAbandonedWeedsForest11830X70X100118 (present)X

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7) Describe how the types of vegetation present on this farmland would change if a fire burned down all the trees 120 years after the land was abandoned.

The data table summarizes the changes that occurred to farmland in the years
immediately following its abandonment. The land is located in a very stable ecosystem. It was
abandoned after years of overuse and weathering, which resulted in the depletion of soil
nutrients.
Common Types of Vegetation Present
Years Since Grasses and
Hardwood
Shrubs
Pine Forest
Abandoned
Weeds
Forest
1
18
30
X
70
X
100
118 (present)
X

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1.Grasses and weeds would become the most common plants once again.

2. Ecological succession would start again with grasses and weeds growing.

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