~*~FERMI QUADRANT PRAIRIE ~*~

                                                          ~*~STUDY 2006~*~

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STUDENT RESEARCHER: Lauren M.

                                              *~*DATA*~*

PRAIRIE PLOT 17

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                     2005 PLOT ANALYSIS

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                                          WEEDS

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                     2006 PLOT ANALYSIS

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                                      WEEDS

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                    *~*GRAPHS OF DOMINANCE AND IMPORTANCE VALUE*~*

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*~*COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS*~*

            PART ONE-

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

        Dominant plants are the plants that are the most noticeable and take up the most room. The dominant plants are important because they supply much of the food and living space for animals. The Importance Value is the sum of three values: the relative dominance, the relative frequency, and the relative density of a plant. Biological diversity means that many different kinds of living things live together in the same area. Having a variety of living things in an area is important in the health of an environment. In general, the more diversity of life in an environment, the better the environment is. 

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           PART TWO-

          COMPARISON:

       For the year 2005 the plant analysis included a great amount of different plants then in the year 2006. My prairie plot had the fewest plats. The most dominant plant in the year 2005 and in 2006 would be the Big Bluestem. The most dominant weed in the year 2005 would be Grass but in the year 2006 it is the the Sweet Clover tall. Another factor that affects me and my partner's quadrant dominance is there are only two prairie plants Turkey Foot and White Prairie Clover and one prairie weed the Unlisted Grasslike. Compared to the Quadrants plots for 2005 and 2006 where there are twenty -one Prairie Plants and fifteen weeds.

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       PART THREE-

        PREDICTION:

           I predict that in five years the Prairie will be completely covered by Big Bluestem or Indian Grass because in the older quadrants plot sixteen for the year 1992 these two plants dominated the quadrant and were also the dominators in the prairie plot in the years 2005 and 2006.

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     PART FOUR-

        REFLECTION:

Prairies are a type of grassland, a landscape dominated by herbaceous plants, especially grasses; trees are either absent or only widely scattered on the landscape. I have learned that it does not take long for a prairie to grow back if it was damaged in some way.

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*~*PICTURES FROM TRIP*~*

COPYRIGHT:

© Copyright 2006, L&T Natural Images and Madison Jr. High, all rights reserved. Contact information: email at lccwik@comcast.net or tcoutts@naperville203.org

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
This project was created by the Honors Biology II  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.