successional

adjective

suc·​ces·​sion·​al -shənᵊl 

-shnəl

1

: of, relating to, or forming part of a succession

successional forest

2

: in a regular order : consecutive

successionally

-ᵊl|ē, 

-əl|, 

|i

adverb

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