The process of plant decomposition occurs in many stages. The first process is the extraction of the most soluable carbon compounds through the process of leaching by water, water takes out the compounds through the cell wall of the plant. Another big part of plant decomposition is the breaking down of the plant by decomposers. the two main decomposers are scavengers and decomposers. Scavengers are animals that find dead animals or plants and eat them, and in the process they break them down into smaller pieces.Once a scavenger is done, the decomposers take over, and finish the job. Many kinds of decomposers are microscopic but others are visible like fungi and mold. Decomposers move by a process called succession. first one set of decomposers will move in and break down and eat all of the easy to get materials. After the first group is done they will move or die off, and another group of decomposers will come in. This next group will be equipt with the abilities to be able to get deeper into the dead organism to get the harder to get materials. Eventually through all of the actions of decomposers the plants nutrients and the rest of the plant compost into part of the soil.