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Plant Kingdom

Question
CBSEENBI11002488

The correct sequence of plants in a hydrosere is

  • Oak → Lantana → scirpus→Pistia→Hydrilla→Volvox

  • Volvox → Hydrilla → Pistia → Scirpus → Lantana → Oak

  • Pista → Volvox → Scirpus → Hydrilla → Oak → Lantana

  • Oak → Lantana → Volvox → Hydrilla → Pistia → Scirpus

Solution

B.

Volvox → Hydrilla → Pistia → Scirpus → Lantana → Oak

The various stages in a hydrosere are well studied in ponds. Pools or lakes. The various stages of hydrosere are:
Phytoplankton stage, eg, some blue-green algae, green algae (volvox), diatoms and bacteria, etc.
Rooted submerged stage, eg Hydrilla Vallisneria, etc.
Floating stage, eg, Nelumbo, Nymphaea, etc. Some free-floating species are pisita, Azolla, Lemna, etc.
Red -swamp stage, eg, species of Cyperaceae and Gramineae.
Forest stage, eg, Tropical rain forests, mixed forests of Almus, Acer, Quercus (oak), tropical deciduous forests.