Definition of "seral" [seral]

• Of or relating to an ecological sere: a seral stage; a seral community. (adjective)

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• "Kotagama says wetlands are under constant 'seral' stage change."
• "At higher elevations, it is seral to subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce."
• "Potential natural vegetation includes subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce, with lodgepole pine as a seral species."