Botany 160 Groundcover Data Set 1997

Site: 1 = Conifers dominant in canopy
      2 = Hardwoods dominant in canopy

Q#: random quadrat number

%cover: The percent of the quadrat area that is occupied by herbs.

Rich: The number of species present in the quadrat.

pH: The pH value of the soil measured at 2.5 to 5 cm depth.

H2O: The percent moisture of the soil at 15 to 20 cm depth.

Light: The amount of PAR (uE/M2/s) reaching the forest floor.

NOTE: THIS DATA SET HAS BEEN FABRICATED FOR PURPOSES OF ILLUSTRATING
      HOW TO ANALYZE DATA, BOTH GRAPHICALLY AND STATISTICALLY, THAT
      WOULD TEST SEVERAL OF THE HYPOTHESES THE CLASS GENERATED DURING
      LAST WEEK'S FIELD TRIP. NEVERTHELESS, THE DATA VALUES ARE
      TYPICAL OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS.
      

Site     Q#       %cover    Rich.     pH       H2O      Light

1        1        14        41        4.1      55       1120
1        2        17        33        3.9      50       940
1        3        11        39        3.8      58       900
1        4        25        41        3.9      39       1200
1        5        21        38        3.8      50       920
1        6        16        36        3.8      49       1020
1        7        19        45        3.9      48       980
1        8        09        39        4.5      47       860
1        9        05        40        4.1      43       960
1       10        13        47        3.9      59       1000
1       11        14        39        4.0      48       1020
1       12        12        37        3.8      49       900
1       13        15        31        3.9      51       720
1       14        17        37        4.0      48       1060
1       15        18        42        3.8      40       800
2       16        30        19        3.5      41       220
2       17        33        23        3.2      46       250
2       18        26        21        3.1      48       320
2       19        27        15        3.4      54       300
2       20        36        20        3.2      50       360
2       21        26        25        3.3      47       260
2       22        21        17        3.0      55       380
2       23        28        23        3.2      46       240
2       24        24        19        3.3      40       300
2       25        20        27        3.3      44       260
2       26        18        22        3.1      53       280
2       27        28        20        3.4      48       340
2       28        37        24        3.2      40       350
2       29        40        21        3.1      51       280
2       30        16        18        3.2      43       300