Volunteer Plants & Early Successional Species 🌿

TERMINOLOGY TUESDAY 🌿
w/ the Florida Native Plant Society!
It’s National Volunteer Week, so today we are discussing volunteer plants!
Volunteer Plant:
Any plant that wasn’t intentionally planted. This colloquial term often refers to plants that came up as a surprise - such as “my tomatoes volunteered in my garden” or “I had a Blue-eyed Grass volunteer in my yard.”
A somewhat related ecological term:
Early Successional Species
Aka Pioneer Plant:
The first plant species to come up after a disturbance event. These are often fast-growing annuals or herbaceous perennials that fill the void of exposed soil. Different habitats have plant species that fill this niche.
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