Complex sentence: Land that has been recently disturbed, by human or natural processes, is favored for the establishment of diffuse knapweed; it has the potential to prosper in semi-arid and arid environments and seems to favor light, dry, porous soil.
Split into simpler sentences: Land that has been recently disturbed, by human or natural processes, is favored for the establishment of diffuse knapweed. It has the potential to prosper in semi-arid and arid environments and seems to favor light, dry, porous soil.