The house finch, a songbird native to the Western desert, has proved to be highly adaptable, having rapidly colonized the Eastern states after its release on Long Island in the early 1940's.

The hyphae rapidly colonize the leaves and begin to produce asexual fruiting bodies.

Corals rapidly colonize and grow at accelerated rates on these coated structures.

These seeds can rapidly colonize disturbed soil such as that perturbed by fires, forest clearings, erosion, or abandoned agricultural land.

They rapidly colonized the continent as invasive species, becoming the most dominant eurypterid in the region.

It rapidly colonizes burnt ground after fires.

The bacterium rapidly colonizes the host and attaches to the epithelial cells of the tonsils, moving down to the respiratory tract utilizing type IV fimbriae.

Once a branch or stem of a susceptible host has been girdled, the pathogen will rapidly colonize large areas of bark beyond the site of girdling.

The sclerotia allow the fungus to survive harsh conditions such as low temperatures, and will rapidly colonize nearby soil when conditions are favorable.

Dreissenas ability to rapidly colonize hard surfaces causes serious economic problems.