AIM: To study percentage frequency of different plant species of a given area. REQUIREMENTS: Metre scale, string or cord, nails, paper, pencil etc. PROCEDURE (a) Determination of the size of Quadrat. Prepare a L shaped structure in the field of 1 m » 1 m by using 3 nails and tying a string with them. Now measure 10 cin on one side of the arm of L and then the other. Prepare 10 « 10 sq. cm area using another piece of string Count the number of species occurring in this area. Increase this area to 20 « 20 sq. cmand similarly record additional species occurring in this atea Repeat the same procedure till 1+ 15q, marea covered. Record the observations as follows0 10 2 3 4 50 6 70 8 9 1m Fig. (©). Procedure to find out minimum size of the quadrat.(b) Determination of Population (pasity. Take a quadrat of suitable size, lay it randomly at number of places. Count the number of each plant species present in the quadrat. If the number of plants in the quadrat is large, the quadrat can be divided into smaller sub-units and the sum total of all the sub-units will give the number of individuals of a species in the quadrat. Calculate the population density using the following formula.Calculate the percentage frequency of ‘each species using following formula. Total No. of quadrats in which species occurred Pe = x igetinge Frequency Total No. of quadrats studied 2100Record the data in the observation tableOBSERVATION AND RESULT Tabh(G}- Ovferent plant species and their percentage frequency occurring in a given area | Totalno. of | Total no. of | “Total no. of | Frequency S Plant Neo. of individuals Ne species per quadrat individuals | quadratsin | quadrats | percentage Tlolmlw inall the which studied (B) | A/Bx 100 | Pi] quadrats | species | | ) | studied | occurred | M™ (A)HEIL TL Leted |