A new volcanic island has formed in the Pacific Ocean. The island has a broad shoreline exposed to salt winds; fertile volcanic soils are an at elevation of 50 feet; and steep, rocky hills range from an elevation of 60 feet up to a peak of 1000 feet. In the upper elevations, snow forms on a regular basis but melts away on most days. Many clusters of seeds from a coastal plant species blow onto the new island during a typhoon, and the seeds germinate all over the island, but only a few plants survive in each location, the others are unable to tolerate the conditions. What would the descendants of these plants look like in a few millennia?
Vegetation started in the island in form of lichens , bryophytes and ferns which utilized nutrients and helped in soil formation for higher plants. Plants which adapted to such conditions undergone evolution and gave origin to plants like Eugenia , Syzgium, ilex etc, these plants have multiple adaptation like reflecting leaves arranged oblique pattern,, few plants have symbiotic relation with other organisms for obtaining organic and inorganic nutrients.
A new volcanic island has formed in the Pacific Ocean. The island has a broad shoreline...