Plant Sampling Techniques and Data - Heath Aster - Lab 2 Dataset 2

Equipment: 2 Transect

This lab was conducted by sampling a specific plant species called (White) Heath Aster using a transect on York University at a grassland area near the Danby Woodlot which took place on September 23, 2015 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm. The weather was breezy with temperatures around 23°C and the sky was slightly cloudy. The area in the grassland was concentrated with Heath Aster plant.

The collaborators for this lab was A. Amin and J. Quach. J. Quach recorded the data on notebook and held the transect in position while both I. Darman and A. Amin identified the plant, counted the number of leaves and flowers, and took measurements using transects. 20 individual plants were recorded along the transect. After that, the height of each plant was recorded from the ground position using the second transect till the highest flat point. The number of flowers and leaves per plant was estimated by first counting the leaves or flowers on a small portion of the plant, counting the number of portions on each plant and multiplied both number (portions x leaves or flowers in one portion).

The level of crowdedness was rated from a scale of 0-3 within a distance of 50 cm. 0 meaning an open area, 1 meaning some plant nearby, 2 meaning quite a few plant and 3 meaning very crowded.