Vegetative properties of Danby Woods grasslands

Observations were made in the grasslands of Danby Woods on the York University Keele Campus. A 1m by 1m quadrat was placed directly on the ground at random and the floral and vegatative contents of the quadrat were analyzed. Data recorded included nomenclature of species present in the quadrat,species richness, individual species abundance and area coverage. 20 samples were taken for this dataset. Leaf and flower petal samples were taken from ambiguous species to confirm that the accuracy of binomial classifications they were categorized under. Graminoids were excluded from recorded species as they were present in abundance in all samples taken.

本数据集的观测工作开展于约克大学基尔校区丹比伍德的草原生境中。研究采用1m×1m的样方（quadrat），将其随机直接布设至地面，对样方内的植物营养体与花部组成进行分析。本次记录的数据涵盖：样方内出现物种的分类命名信息、物种丰富度（species richness）、单物种种群多度（species abundance）以及面积盖度（area coverage）。本数据集共采集20份样本。针对分类鉴定存疑的物种，研究人员采集其叶片与花瓣样本，以验证其被归类所属的二名法分类（binomial classification）的准确性。由于所有采样样方中均大量分布禾草类（graminoids）植物，故未将其纳入本次记录的物种范畴。