Lab+One++Community+Structure

During the lab we collected data for ten quadrants. Use the table below to share data with your classmates.
 * Quadrant # || Species a || Species b || Species c || Species d || Species e || Total ||
 * 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 6 ||
 * 2 || 8 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 9﻿ || 24 ||
 * 3 || 63 || 0 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 74 ||
 * 4 || 36 || 0 || 17 || 40 || 0 || 93 ||
 * 5 || ﻿27 || ﻿0 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 37 ||
 * 6 || 23 || 0 || 5 || 6 || 0 || 34 ||
 * 7 || 2 7 || 0 || 10 || 14 || 0 || 51 ||
 * 8 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 9 ||
 * 9 || ﻿﻿54 || 16 || 19 || 0 || 0 || 89 ||
 * 10 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 16 ||
 * Total || 247 || 27 || 68 || 73 || 18 || 433 ||

Other observations on quadrats 1 and 2: In quadrat one, bamboo grass dominated the area so other species were unable to grow. Dead bamboo grass covered the ground, creating a tangled mat. In quadrat two, there were pockets of the three species, the most dominant being the rust laden smut in the center. On the western side, grass lined the edge of the quadrant, and grouped clusters of the tall axial brown-tufted grass things were dispersed throughout the eastern two thirds of the quadrat. Other observations on quadrats 3 and 4: In quadrat three, grass was the dominant species, with a pocket of hawkweed in the center, and one pigweed in the upper right hand corner of the quadrant. There was also one unidentified plant in the center; it was about one foot tall and contained alternating leaves all of the way up the stem. In quadrat four, pigweed and hawkweed were prevalent and grass surrounded them. Other observations: Both quadrats 5 & 6 were primarily grass areas. The only other plants I identified in the areas are documented in the chart. The hawkweed and pigweed in quadrat 6 had very noticeable presences, but in quadrat 5 there were only a few small axiel tall brown-tufted grass things. Quadrant 7 consisted of a base of grass (roughly 3 in every ninth of the total plot) with medium plants such as Hawkweed and Pigweed growing up no more than a foot. There were no larger plants like the bamboo grass or RUST LADEN SMUT. The Hawkweed tended to grow close together (usually no more than 5 inches from another plant) and the Pigweed was almost randomly dispersed. Quadrant 8 was located in the much larger plant area, where the plants grew up to 4 feet (not including the cattails). These large plants (only Bamboo grass, Pigweed and RUST LADEN SMUT) took up large amounts of vertical space which only allowed for a few (9) large plants to grow in that plot. Quadrat 9: //Species a// is definitely the most prominent plant species in this area. Hawkweeds were clustered together in the middle of this quadrat, while the axial grass were dispersed on the top and right of the quadrat. There was a lot of dead grass in this area, and only 3 out of the 5 species were found here. Quadrat 10: The most prominent plant species in this is grass, in terms of number. However, this area was full of other tall plant species, such as cattails. Pigweed formed kind of a diagonal arrangment in this quadrat, starting from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. Rust-laden smut was present only in the upper right corner of the quadrat.