A large mountain just south of Reno, Nevada, is called Slide Mountain
This name refers to the fact that in the early 1980s, after weeks of heavy precipitation, a large section of this mountain became a destructive mudslide that slid down the east slopes and destroyed the vegetation and homes in its path. In the decades since the mudslide, the vegetation has completely regrown, and the slide area is no longer visible. This is an example of
a. Primary succession.
b. Secondary succession.
c. During the first 10 years following the mudslide it was primary succession, and after that it was secondary succession.
d. Tertiary succession.
e. Inertia.
B
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