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Blog Post 8 – 19/03/20
Overall the organization of my table went smoothly. There were some initial mistakes made as I tried to correctly tabulate the data; however, I proofread my table and worked hard to ensure that I correctly calculated all the values necessary to complete the information in the table. Aside from the initial minor calculation problems, the organization, aggregation, and summary of my data went well and there were no further difficulties. The outcomes from arranging this table were slightly unexpected. Early on in my data collection I had noticed that white birch trees were found in higher amounts closer to the central pond. This was confirmed in the table and white birch had the highest distribution in pond land. Surprisingly, white spruce had an relatively even distribution over both central park land and edge land. This was an unexpected result and I will have to look into research previously done that examines the growth abilities of white spruce in a variety of soil conditions. The anticipated result of the experiment was confirmed in the aspen poplar species which had the highest distribution in central park land. This unexpected information from both white birch and white spruce species confirms that I need to study literature investigating ideal soil moisture conditions for growth of both of these trees before discussing my results in my final report.
