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Prior to heading into the field on May 26, 2019 I came up with a rough plan of action. I decided to split my 2 15 acre sections into 3 plots per 15 acres. All plots being roughly 5 acres apart. I randomly selected a number (5 meters) as a radius to survey per plot. This allows for a very wide span of the 30 acre property. I have attached photos of my three pages of field notes, and a few photos of some of the plots found. Based on my little research on the Giant Hogweed before my field work I would hypothesize that I will only find them in the bottom 15 acres of my property, as it is a ‘disturbed’ site, where as the back 15 acres are a higher elevation as well as it is heavily forested. It is very possible that my hypothesis could be wrong, as the seeds of the Giant Hogweed can travel hundreds of meters, and with enough light could potential begin to grow in the forest.
