Invasive
Species Project Procedures
Materials Used
• Tape measure
• One square meter
frame
Methods
•Surveys conducted along 100 meter transects located perpendicular to the river
•Transects not always able to reach 100 m
•All plants are identified in each square meter along the transect
•Plants identified by scientific names and recorded by percent cover within each square meter
•Other data taken involves the amount of visible electromagnetic radiation along the transect
•Usually in the 400 to 700 nm
range
•GPS data was also collected along each transect
•Data then entered into the computer, compiled, graphed and analyzed
