Secondary succession in an old field community
Channel: Tom Rooney
Date: 10/09/2020

Old field succession is a type of secondary succession that occurs when abandoned cropland or grazed pasture is colonized by first by annual and perennial herbaceous plants, and then by woody plants. Professor Tom Rooney (Wright State University) takes viewers on a journey through 25 years of old field succession at the Tri-centennial Time Trail at Bill Yeck Park in Centerville, Ohio. Established in 1996, the time trail is a tract of land representing 100 years of natural secondary succession. Each year, another unmown section is added, creating a trail that shows how a field turns into a forest.