Cryosere

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sere originating when moss colonizes ice. no-plural, rare

    "Colonization of mosses on glaciers, although unusual, is considered the earliest stage in a cryosere which regionally terminates in the development of hemlock forest."

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"Colonization of mosses on glaciers, although unusual, is considered the earliest stage in a cryosere which regionally terminates in the development of hemlock forest."

Etymology

From cryo- + sere.

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