Biology 2050 Lab 2: Dataset of Sampling of Common Weed Species in Grassland on York University Campus

VariablesDistance; Distance in meters as seen on the transect, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a meterHeight: The longest leaf of the plant is measured from the root (level to the ground) to the tip of the leaf, taken in centimeters Number of leaves: Determined by eye, slightly approximatedNumber of flowers: Determined by eye Crowding: Determined by eye; represented by numbers according to the following: 0= open, 2= quite a few plants, 3= very crowded bunch of plants within 50 cm
ProcedureThis dataset was collected in a grassland area of York University's Keele campus. Readings were done by the use of a transect; 25 meters of the tape were put down in a randomly selected area of the grassland, and data was collected at each time the plant was seen nearby/along the tape (on both the right and left side of the tape) as I walked along the transect tape. The species chosen to identity and sample in the area was the common weed plant.