Growth Rate (ft square)
Yearly Growth Rate by Species
R2 = 0.9783
0.02
0.018
0.016
0.014
0.012
0.01
0.008
0.006
0.004
0.002
0
Sugar
Maple
Black
Cherry
Red Maple
Plot 1
Eastern
Hemlock
Plot 7
Species
As hypothesized, our findings illustrate that the growth conditions at plot 1 are on
average better than those at plot 7, this is based upon the measurement of average yearly
growth rate by difference in basal area. The comparison of red maple at plot 7 against the
two sampled species at plot 1 is the main source of our conclusion since the three species
grow at roughly the same rate under the same or similar conditions. Although eastern
hemlock is a slow growing species and thus could skew the data collected, the fact that it
was found in such abundance at plot 7 demonstrates the inhospitable nature of the
conditions there.