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Prior to going into the park, I already knew that I wanted to collect my data in table format versus writing a summary for each quadrat. I did not have initially know what data I wanted to collect until I went to an area of the field where some dandelions were located. This initial assessment was not included in my final data collection but served as a way for me to decide what information I wanted to take note of when summarizing each quadrat.
I eventually decided on the following columns for my table: location of quadrat, total number of flowers, flower type, number of each flower type, and other notes.
My results were as expected because the northern (both northeastern and northwestern) areas of the park had the greatest number of flowers. These results were similar to my initial observations when I only included dandelions. Surprisingly, the centre quadrat had more flowers than I expected, considering it is a flat-lying area and is typically walked over often by both humans and animals.
