Collecting Your Quadrat Data

Need ideas? Check out:

• The procedure used by students taking data at Fermilab.
• Fermilab data collection sheets
  • Determining the percent cover with a grid.
  • Recording the number of plants found/percent cover on a quadrat data sheet. Your teacher will make a sheet like this tailored to your prairie.
  • Samples of student data taken at Fermilab
• Guidelines on how to do percent cover.

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Last Updated: Sept. 10, 1999
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