The first plants on the formerly naked slopes are fast-growing cover plants such as Bahia grass. Sun-loving trees and bushes and then shade-loving trees and bushes follow. The eventual result is a complex, multi-layered ecosystem.
其中植生的作物以裸露地面的草本植物為先趨作物，如百喜草、百慕達草等，先行快速地穩定坡面，爾後陸續以陽性樹種群落、陰性樹種群落進行演替，終而形成複層植被的完整體系。