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FERMI QUADRAT PRAIRIE STUDY 2006

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STUDENT RESEARCHER: LaQuita W.



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DATA:

My Prairie Quadrant 2006

Prairie Plant Name	Importance Value 2005	Prairie Plant Name	Importance Value 2006
Big Bluestem	70.41	Big Bluestem	154.73
Indian Grass	37.3	Compass Plant	24.45
Wild Bergamot	27.86	White Prairie Clover	21.95
Prairie Cord Grass	25.35	New England Aster	18.43
Stiff Goldenrod	19.83	Wild Bergamot	16.82
Rosinweed	19.12	Prairie Dock	14.18
Yellow Coneflower	17.39	Sawtooth- Sunflower	10.07
Compass Plant	16.95	Mountain Mint	7.92
Tall Coreopsis	14.74	Switch Grass	7.89
Mountain Mint	10.54	Stiff Goldenrod	6.73

	Dominance 2005		Dominance 2006
Big Bluestem	4.38	Big Bluestem	31.2
Wild Bergamot	4.23	Compass Plant	7.4
Stiff Goldenrod	3.79	White Prairie Clover	6
Indian Grass	3.06	Prarie Dock	5.6
Prairie Cord Grass	3	Wild Bergamot	3.2
Yellow Cone Fower	2.91	Saw-tooth	3
Compass Plant	2.87	New England Aster	2
Rosinweed	2.83	Switch Grass	1.8
Tall Coreopsis	2.08	Mountain Mint	1.2
Foxglove Beard Tongue	1.66	Stiff Golden	0.8

Weed Plant Name	Importance Value 2005	Weed Plant Name	Importance Value 2006
Unlisted-Grasslike	172.17	Unlisted-Grasslike	129.91
Tall goldenrod	48.33	Sweet Clovers	122.84
Unlisted-Oval Leaf	17.99	Hairy Aster	23.33
Wild Carrot	8.97	Dandelion	14.08
Clovers (ground)	8.74	Tall goldenrod	9.85
Yarrow	8.42
Unlisted- Triangular Pointed	8.08
Sweet Cloves (tall)	7.89
Drummonds Aster	6.46
Common Milkweed	8.36
		Weed Plant Name	Dominance 2006
Weed Plant Name	Dominance 2005	Sweet Clovers	18
Unlisted-Grasslike	42.6	Unlisted- Grasslike	12.4
Tall Goldenrod	26.32	Hairy Aster	1.4
Unlisted-Oval Leaf	4.77	Dandelion	1
Sweet Clovers (ground)	12.62	Tall Goldenrod	0.2
Common Milkweed	2.34
Clovers (ground)	1.6
Drummonds Aster	1.4
Unlisted- Triandular Pointed	1.34
Yarrow	1.19
Wild Carrot	1.17

Prairie Plant Name

Dominance

Importance Value

Big Bluestem

39.86

35.73

Compass Plant

8.71

10.82

Mountain Mint

6.57

9.11

Prairie Dock

5.57

8.31

Saw- Toothed Sunflower

6.43

8.99

Stiff Goldenrod

2.86

6.14

Wild Bergamot

1.43

4.99

Weeds

Dominance

Importance Value

Hairy Aster

2.4

Sweet Clovers (tall)

Unlisted Oval Leaf

22.39

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GRAPHS OF DOMINANCE AND IMPORTANCE VALUE:

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS:

The things that are being compared and contrasted are the importance value and the dominance of the years 2005 and 2006, and my quadrat. The comparisons between the importance value of 2005 and 2006 are, they both have the same prairie plant names listed in the top ten and have some of the same weed plant names. The differences between the importance value of the prairie plants of 2005 and 2006 are that even though they have the same prairie plant name listed in the top ten, they have them in different order. Also in 2006, the importance value is lower than the one in 2005. The smallest importance value in 2005 is 10.54, and in 2006 it is 0.8. The weed plants are different on the other hand. In 2006, the importance value is higher than the importance value in 2005. For dominance, the comparisons between those two years for the prairie plants is they have some same prairie plant names listed and the top ten. The similarity in the weed plants is the same thing as the prairie plant. The difference between the dominances of the prairie plants is that 2006’s dominance is much higher than 2005’s. And last but not least, the difference between the dominance for the weed plants is the dominance for weed plants for 2005’s look like it kind of doubles the dominance of 2006’s. With my quadrat, for the comparison with the importance value for 2006, the listing was very similar. The difference between my quadrat and the 2005 and 2006 quadrat is that the numbers of both the dominance and importance value are very different.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This project was created by the Honors Biology ll students of Seton Academy in South Holland, Illinois with the help of their teacher Mr. Cwik. Support for the project came from Principal Ms. Ingia Jackson and the other dedicated and cooperative faculty and staff of Seton Academy.

REFERENCES:
Fermilab Education Department particularly the SIMply Prairie Project. Authors: Bill Fraccaro, formerly of Johnson School, Wheaton, IL; Lawrence Cwik, Seton Academy and Pat Franzen, formerly Madison Jr. High Naperville, IL; and Bernie Jokiel, formerly from Gary D, Jewel Middle School, North Aurora, IL.
Created for the NTEP II Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab, and funded by United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National Science Foundation.