Rock —> lichen —> moss —> grass —> shrub —> broadleaf trees —> deciduous forest

Humans burn trees & grass in the temperate deciduous forest —> grass —> shrub —> deciduous trees —> forest

Deciduous forest

Succession

Secondary succession: one of the two types of ecological succession in plant life.

Climax succession: a climax community is an ecological community, which has all the plant & animal community existing in one stable state.

Primary succession: one of the two types of biological & ecological succession of plant life.