Abundance of Plant Species in the Grasslands on the York University Campus

The data was recorded on the York University grasslands. 1m by 1m quadrants were used to isolate an area of the grasslands to record. We counted the number of individuals of a species and repeated this process for all the species within the quadrant. We did not know the name of all the plants, so we classified their species by their physical attribiutes, such as colour. The amount of grass was achieved by estimating the amount of grass in 1/20th of the quadrant and multiplying it by 20. We also estimated the percent of the quadrant that the grass covered and the percent that all the plants covered. This was repeated 24 more times for a total of 25 quadrants.