self-colonise

verb3

1. •
   To be introduced into an ecosystem via natural processes.

   • The original idea was to allow the roofs to self-colonise with plants, but they are sometimes seeded to increase their bio-diversity potential in the short term. — 2015
2. •
   To regain power after being colonized.

   • And it is imposed on us by the same Ngarrindjeri who themselves were once the colonised. The processes of colonialism in the end become self-colonising. — 2014
3. •
   Alternative form of self-colonize.