Technique and data collection: Grassland Quadrant Sampling

In York University Woodlot, a standard size qandrant was placed randomly 20 times, and during each time, the following observations were made on plant species in the quadrant. First the total number of species present were identified and recorded with the help of classification key. this was followed by a measure of abundane, which was the total number of each individual that was observed for each plant species. Species Richness was also obtained, which was the total number of different plant species observed in each quadrant. finally, the percent cover of each species was obtained, by simply estimating the total vegetation cover on the ground by that specie.