Patterned vegetation

False color aerial view of Tiger bush in Niger.

Aerial view of a Gapped bush plateau in the W National Park, Niger. Average distance between two successive gaps is 50 meters

View of fir waves in the USA.

Patterned vegetation is a vegetation community that exhibits distinctive and repetitive patterns. Examples of patterned vegetation include fir waves, tiger bush, and string bog. The patterns typically arise from an interplay of phenomena that differentially encourage plant growth or mortality. A coherent pattern arises because there is a strong directional component to these phenomena, such as wind in the case of fir waves, or surface runoff in the case of tiger bush.

See also

• Disturbance
• Ecological succession
• Spatial ecology