Field Methods

                              Lab 4 Field Methods

                                         Lets go outside and see what we can find!
               Looks like  Javelina came over last night, left some foot/hoof prints for me to find!

And there, a rabbit, pretending he is not here!
 I see you, silly rabbit!

                            Our mission today is to lay out a quadrat,
               with dimensions of 4 meter X 4 meter ( 16 sq. m).

I have a red tape and some stakes for markers.

(as I was getting ready, I had a visitor! He stopped for a quick snack)









Oh, I think I will need a tape-measure for this project. OK here we go!

After small clime up to a mountain I had to choose my location for the plot.          

                                                               This one looks to bare

                                         I go to the right of it, with a small pine tree on it!

I have my random chart ready to go too!

Roll out the marking tape, measure the distance for the stakes to be located, lets get this 4  x 4 going!

Vertical lines set!

Horizontal lines set!

                                                           LOOKS GOOD TO ME !!!

 I can do my "research" now, with my assistant :)

 This is one good looking Century Plant!!!

                                       

After counting how many individual species grow in each randomly selected square meter, I have this data to post in my report.

 I know it is not so easy to see, but the transect line goes all the way up to that Juniper tree
( the one that "touching" the sky line)

This chart represents randomly numbered squares in a quadrat (left column) and number of different species located in each 1 x 1 m. square( right column).

Conclusion: we have eight different species located in a 4 x 4 sq.m plot. and  six different species that grows along the 16 m. line.

I thank you for checking out my first EVER blog post. Please let me know what you think about it.

See you on the next adventure!