Table 1: Plant density – Site B
Quadrat # Quadrat #
Plant Number of plants Number of plants
Common mouse-ear
Anthoxanthum oderatum
Meadow buttercup
Ranunculus acris
White clover
Trifolium repens
Common sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Table 2: Relative Abundance – Site B
Quadrat # Quadrat #
Plant Plant Present Absent Present
(common name) (Latin name)
Common mouse-ear Anthoxanthum oderatum
Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre
Common spotted orchid Dachtylorhiza fuchsii
Catsear Hypochoeris radicata
Field woodrush Luzula campestris
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata
Yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor
Common tormentil Potentilla erecta
Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens
Common sorrel Rumex acetosa
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
White clover Trifolium repens
Nettle Urtica dioica
Table 3: Relative Abundance – Site A
Quadrat # Quadrat #
Plant Plant Present Absent Present
(common name) (Latin name)
Common mouse-ear Anthoxanthum oderatum
Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre
Common spotted orchid Dachtylorhiza fuchsii
Catsear Hypochoeris radicata
Field woodrush Luzula campestris
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata
Yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor
Common tormentil Potentilla erecta
Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens
Common sorrel Rumex acetosa
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
White clover Trifolium repens
Nettle Urtica dioica
Table 4: Diversity calculations
Site B
Plant Plant pi (pi)2 pi ln pi
(common name) (Latin name) 0 0
Common mouse-ear Anthoxanthum oderatum 0.1764705882353 0.031142 -0.306106
Marsh thistle Cirsium palustre 0 0
Common spotted orchid Dachtylorhiza fuchsii 0 0
Catsear Hypochoeris radicata 0 0
Field woodrush Luzula campestris 0.1176470588235 0.013841 -0.251772
Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica 0 0
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata 0.0294117647059 0.000865 -0.103716
Yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor 0.0294117647059 0.000865 -0.103716
Common tormentil Potentilla erecta 0.0294117647059 0.000865 -0.103716
Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris 0.1764705882353 0.031142 -0.306106
Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens 0.0294117647059 0.000865 -0.103716
Common sorrel Rumex acetosa 0.2058823529412 0.042388 -0.325387
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale 0.0588235294118 0.00346 -0.16666
White clover Trifolium repens 0.0882352941176 0.007785 -0.214213
Nettle Urtica dioica 0.0588235294118 0.00346 -0.16666
Sum (Σ) 0.136678
Simpson index (D) 0.863322
Shannon index (Hs) 2.15177
Class total # of
quadrats species
Absent present (n) pi
0
6 0.176471
0 0
0 0
0 0
4 0.117647
0 0
1 0.029412
1 0.029412
1 0.029412
6 0.176471
1 0.029412
7 0.205882
2 0.058824
3 0.088235
2 0.058824
Sum cells total # of
quadrats 34
Total % 1
Class total # of
quadrats species
Absent present (n) pi
6 0.107143
0 0
1 0.017857
9 0.160714
2 0.035714
3 0.053571
8 0.142857
10 0.178571
2 0.035714
2 0.035714
3 0.053571
3 0.053571
2 0.035714
5 0.089286
0 0
Sum cells total # of
quadrats 56
Total % 1
Site A
pi (pi)2 pi ln pi
0 0
0.107143 0.0114795918367347 -0.239313
0 0
0.017857 0.00031887755102041 -0.071881
0.160714 0.0258290816326531 -0.293806
0.035714 0.00127551020408163 -0.119007
0.053571 0.00286989795918367 -0.15679
0.142857 0.0204081632653061 -0.277987
0.178571 0.0318877551020408 -0.307637
0.035714 0.00127551020408163 -0.119007
0.035714 0.00127551020408163 -0.119007
0.053571 0.00286989795918367 -0.15679
0.053571 0.00286989795918367 -0.15679
0.035714 0.00127551020408163 -0.119007
0.089286 0.0079719387755102 -0.215707
0 0
0.111607142857143
0.888392857142857
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