postclimax

postclimax
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷+\ noun
Etymology: post- + climax
: a relatively stable ecological community requiring a greater amount of available moisture than that generally available to a climax and occurring typically where locally abundant soil moisture compensates for a generally deficient precipitation

a forest postclimax on a moist northward-facing slope within a grassland climax

— compare preclimax

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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