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hydrosere
hydrosere n.
Brit. 
/ˈhʌɪdrə(ʊ)sɪə/
, /ˈhʌɪdrə(ʊ)sɪə/U.S. /ˈhaɪdrəˌsɪ(ə)r/
Ecology a plant succession having its origin in a wet habitat./ˈhaɪdrəˌsɪ(ə)r/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that likes moisture or marsh plant
paludal1847
bog-plant1854
hygrophile1878
hygrophyte1903
helophyte1909
hydrosere1926
1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 19 The earlier stages of a prisere are altogether different, according to whether the succession begins on a wet or a dry habitat... Such successions may be conveniently called hydroseres and xeroseres respectively.
1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest Xiii. 283 During the course of the hydrosere there is a gradual change from open water to relatively dry conditions.
1967 C. D. Sculthorpe Biol. Aquatic Vasc. Plants xii. 417 In the ultimate stages of the hydroseres plant debris is less and less completely decomposed.
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