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I would have liked to be able to get further into the forest for at least some of my sample areas but the season and level of snow made that option unavailable. Sampling trees that do not have human interference in their immediate environment would help minimize the impact of some confounding variables. I chose the trees using the haphazard technique and sampled at least three replicates in each area. In total I sampled trees from five different and distinct locations in the local area. I did notice that the results seemed to be dependent on more than just the direction of the sun. It seems other factors could be influencing the location of the green color. It could be that there are more variables than I originally thought. I hope to find some other possible explanations after compiling all the observations.
