What is "xerosere"

n. (context ecology English) The succession of ecological communities which originated in an extremely dry habitat such as a sand desert, sand dunes, a salt desert or a rock desert.

Xerosere is a plant succession that is limited by water availability. It includes the different stages in a xerarch succession. Xerarch succession of ecological communities originated in extremely dry situation such as sand deserts, sand dunes, salt deserts, rock deserts etc. A xerosere may include lithoseres (on rock) and psammoseres (on sand).