This plant will frequently colonize masonry in urban and rural sites.

Successively more complex plants then colonize the microhabitat created by the increasingly productive soil.

Plants in a garden or maintained landscape often form a source population from which plants can colonize new areas.

The plant easily colonizes bog habitat that has recently burned.

Who knows what plants and animals the virus will colonize and multiply in?

Both plants colonize in the same places, however, and take up room where more desirable plants should grow.

Since the 14th century, over 250 new plants colonized Hungary, of which almost 70 are considered invasive.

The fall color display is frequently enjoyed along interstate highways, as the plant readily colonizes these and other disturbed sites.

The grasses add nitrogen to the soil, meaning other, less hardy plants can then colonize the dunes.

The vine growth form may also enable plants to colonize large areas quickly, even without climbing high.