Danby grasslands dataset of milkweeds using transects

The dataset was conducted at the Danby grassland at York University Keele Campus on Tuesday September 22 2015. The study took place during the approximate time of 2:30pm to 3:30pm. At the time of collection the temperature was 21 °C, with no clouds in the sky and some moisture in the soil. This study was conducted by Ecology students, which included myself, Katie, Katherine, Ava and Ashley. A transect tape was randomly placed on the grassland where Asclepias syriaca (milkweeds) were observed. The transect was 668 inches long and had a radius of approximately 39 inches (1m) on either side of the transect tape. Once a milkweed was spotted within the designated area a member of the team would count the leaves on the plant while height and distanced between the closest milkweed was measured. Once this data was collected we gave the crowdedness a number within the scale of 0-3 within a 50cm parameter (0 being next to no crowding, to 3 being crowded, see metadata for greater detail on scale). This process was repeated until 50 milkweeds along the transect line where documented.