Meta-Data: Analysis of flora species, abundance, percent coverage and grass percent coverage using randomly placed quadrats within York University grasslands designated area

1 meter by 1 meter quadrats were placed randomly 20 times to visually and physically produce a boundary within which various charecteristics were measured: Number of species, abundance, percent flora coverage and percent grass coverage. Number of species was determined by counting the number of rooted flora species within each placement of the quadrat. Fauna were not counted. Abundance charecteristic was determined through the counting of each individual rooted plant within each quadrat placement. Any plants that appeared to share the same root system were counted as a single entity. Grass coverage was also counted as a single entity. Plants of the same species were counted individually, as this was not the species count, but the abundance count. Percent flora coverage, including grass, was determined by my partner and myself, after which an agreed upon percentage was determined. Estimations were ascertained via a dirt deduction method, whereby the amount of dirt seen was given a percent estimation and deducted from the 100 percent total. Percent grass coverage was estimated by myself and my partner, after which an agreed upon estimation was chosen. Any flattened blades of grass were lifted so as to provide a more accurate estimation of grass coverage.