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.