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2. Variety of habitats, communities, and processes in an ecosystem.
3. Land forming a passageway.
6. Woody plants usually less than 12 feet tall with multiple main stems.
7. Plants covering a specific area.
8. Succession starting where no previous vegetation existed.
17. Plant usually over 12 feet tall with a single woody stem and leafy crown.
18. Material settling at the bottom of liquids, a major pollutant.
19. An organism that grows on bare sites like new soil or rock and is replaced by other species.
21. Changes over time in an ecosystem's structure and function.
23. Variety of genes in a population.
24. Plants shedding leaves annually, like hardwood trees and shrubs.

1. Stable ecosystem stage with diverse species and complex interactions.
4. Species specializing in a specific habitat layer or hunting time.
5. Community dominated by grasses.
9. Succession starting after a disturbance to a previously vegetated site.
10. Wildlife tendency to use areas where different vegetative types meet.
11. Growing, living in, or frequenting waters.
12. A bird of prey with a hooked beak and talons that feeds on meat or carrion.
13. Number of different species in an area.
14. Fruits or nuts as wildlife food; soft includes fruits, hard includes nuts.
15. Disintegrated material or debris.
16. Linear park or trail system linking parks to urban areas.
20. Area without trees, often with grasses or crops.
22. Species requiring large continuous habitat areas; decrease with habitat fragmentation.