Site 1: Grass

Chart for site 1:

Species #            Name                 n           n-1           n(n-1)

1.             Black Medic            12            11            132
2.                  Grass                  872         871        759512
3.               Hordeum              248         247        61256
4.          Gooseneck moss      1660      1659     1344440
5.                 Clover                   64           63          4032

 

Total Sum: 2169372

 

Simpson’s index for site 1:

D = 0.39099197

 

Site 2: Forest

Chart for site 2:

Species #            Name                 n           n-1           n(n-1)

1.                 Horsetail             10           9               90
2.              Bleeding Hearts    16          15             240
3.                   Moss                   60         59            3540

 

Total Sum: 3870

 

Simpson’s index for site 2:

D = 0.5294

 

Answers for questions:

1: Site one was higher in species richness.

2: Site one was more diverse than site 2.

3: Site one had a low Simpson’s index decimal and higher species richness.

4: Conservation can prevent the sudden depletion due to an unbalanced environment. Conservation keeps the quantity of the biodiversity at a relatively high number. It can also increase biodiversity.