The system needed to be overhauled so that entire neighborhoods could be certified, not just buildings. Thatâs why NRDC teamed up with the Congress for the New Urbanism and the U.S. Green Building Council to launch LEED for Neighborhood Development, or LEED-ND, in 2010.
Young newly sprouted plants are called seedlings. They are what  grows directly after germination takes place. These plants then  grow into the adult plants.
Quick Answer. Germination takes place in three steps or stages and takes the young seed from a dormant state to the very beginning stage of growing as a seedling. Germination takes place in plants, flowers and trees: this process is to members of the plant family what metamorphosis is to insects such as moths and butterflies. The process requires several critical ingredients to begin, including water, sunlight and nutrients.