Separate the two lines by about six feet. Place a piece of cord fifteen to thirty feet behind each line. Object of game - Each team tries to capture members of the opposite team. Teams huddle and choose two plant types, first choice and a tie-breaker. When parent-leader signals, both teams role play their first plant choice.
Dominant plants try to tag submissive plants before they run behind the cord on their side.
If team A crouches down like grasses and team B stands tall, then team A must try to capture members of team B before those of team B run past the cord behind their line. Captured students switch teams. Define and discuss succession. Ask students if they remember which plants grow first after farmers abandon their farms. Walk down the Java trail, bearing left toward the marsh.