ecology lab 4: number of leaves on the Goldenrod

This experiment was done to measure the average amount of leaves present on the plant Goldenrod per quadrat. This experiment was achieved in the grassland in an area where there is high abundance of the Goldenrod plants. A quadrat was placed on the grassland and the amount of sunlight that covered the quadrat was estimated as well as the density of all the plants. The number of leaves of the Goldenrod plant was then averaged per quadrat. Every time a quadrat was placed on a different sample area it was moved one meter to the north and one meter to the east. This procedure was done 30 times.本实验旨在测定每样方（quadrat）内一枝黄花（Goldenrod）植株的平均叶片数量。本实验于一枝黄花植株丰度较高的草原区域开展：将样方放置于草原之上，同步估算覆盖该样方的光照量以及所有植物的密度，随后计算每样方内一枝黄花植株的叶片数平均值。每次将样方转移至新的采样区域时，均向北移动1米、向东移动1米，该实验流程共重复30次。