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I quickly realized when visiting each of my sample spots on the Goldfinger Potentilla shrub that I did not account for my severe dislike of spiders when crawling in and around the bushes as well as my apparent lack of coordination when measuring the height of my quadrat and attempting to count. It took some practice but I managed to get it done.
I was surprised when I compared the three groups together. I expected there to be much more flowers in each sampling plot in group B then I did in either groups A or C. While overall there was an increase in the number of flowers in group B (which was not surprising) I still anticipated a greater over all difference.
To continue my project I think I will keep up with my initial sampling technique. I found it to be challenging at first but found that it helped me to eliminate any bias towards my three groups.
