Question

What do the relative density and relative freqency values tell you about the diversity of plants in your group's transects?

Answer 1

Following are the statements:

1. Grasses have highest relative density with 70% and a relative frequency of 100% on the northern side of the hills. This means that grasses were most abundant plant species in every section and were found in every analysed section. The rest relative densities were between 11%-2%.
2. On the western side, the trend was not so uneven for relative densities. The values being 34%, 7% and 59%. Talking about frequency, Star Thistle and Mustard were found in each section and Coastal Sage was found in one.
3. A total of 6 different plant species was found in North and only 3 in West. There was more diversity of plants on northern side than western.
4. A variety of plants were found in North while the west was dominated by Star Thistle and Mustard.