Question

Three hundred acres of pine forest in Florida were harvested for timber. A few trees were left at intervals in the harvested area as seed sources. What will be the likely progression of new growth on this land over the next few decades?
A. Pines will grow immediately from the seeds dispersed from the seed trees, and no other plants will be able to grow since the pines grow fastest.

B. Pines and oaks will start growing at the same time from seeds already in the soil, but the pines will grow taller than the oaks and shade them out.

C. Shrubby, fast-growing plants will sprout first, then pines will begin to grow over them and oaks will start growing in the shade below the pines.

D. Pines will grow tall very quickly from the seeds produced by the seed trees, and then shrubby plants will begin to grow in the shade underneath the pines.

Answer 1

Answer: option C.

Explanation:

Since the shrubby trees grow faster than pines, they will grow first and pines will grow after.

Pine will grow tall very quickly because of the seeds produced by seeds trees because pines are fast growing trees. They grow maximum of one foot in a year. Some pines grow 1-2 feet in a year.

Answer 2

Answer:

C. Shrubby, fast-growing plants will sprout first, then pines will begin to grow over them and oaks will start growing in the shade below the pines.

Explanation:

Shrubby plants are fast growing plants which completes its life cycle i. e. vegetative and reproductive phase of the plant while on the other hand pine tree is slow growing plant specie which takes more time in order to complete its life cycle as compared to shrubby plants. So the shrubby plants grow first but length of the pine is large than shrubby plant so that's why shrubby plants remain in the shade of pine tree.