Influences of density and soil temprature on Goldenrods

For this experiment our team evaluated the effects of plant density and soil temperature on goldenrods at York University in the Stong pong grassland. On Monday October 5th our team did 25 replicates where were used a quadrat to help determine the density of the goldenrods. Each replicate was 3 paces appart starting at the edge of the water and continuing in the direction of the road. Exactly two weeks later our team returned to the Stong pond grassland to do another 25 replicates in order to have data that varied over time following the same methods as the previous time. The temperature was recorded with a thermometer and the number of individual goldenrods in each quadrat and the total number of stems was also counted to see if temperature and density had an affect on the ability for goldenrod plants to have multiple stems.