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Although I intend to focus on the success of Tsuja heterophylla on nurse logs versus the forest floor, I collected data on the presence and absence of all species found within the quadrats I studied in four regions of Cates Park in North Vancouver. Limiting the data to one species in a chart helps with the ease of interpretation, but limits the understanding of species richness in the microsuccessions of nurse logs versus the forest floor. Organization was simple due to the presence and absence data collected, and would have been more difficult had I included other species present. I will likely discuss this in my final paper to address the succession species found in Cates Park. The outcome was as I expected: Tsuja heterophylla were present more often on nurse logs than not. Further exploration could include canopy cover in relation to this tree’s success or competition with other species in the region.
