seral

adjective3

1. •
   Of or pertaining to a sere.
2. •
   Tending to exist (in a given site) mainly in a particular, temporary phase of ecological succession, and to later be surpassed by something else (which is climax).

   • Lodgepole pine is a good example. On poor sites such as the obsidian sands of Yellowstone Park it is climax. On nearby zonal soils it is seral to subalpine fir. — 1979
3. •
   Being dried or withered.