when I visited the kitsumkalum river. I noticed how abundant ferns and mosses were in the forest. I observed moss in the sidewalk of beach and ferns on forested trails in the forest. I returned to my college location and made observations on some species over there.
The Ferns are closest to the road and they are changing their color because of winter. This pattern along the environmental gradient did not feel unexpected. The Ferns closest to the path or road are at highest risk of being disrupted by many things like humans, dogs and vehicles. An interesting pattern that I noticed was that the fern is in different sizes and some are going to die pretty soon. Lady fern and craken fern are the species we can find on that place. Their root systems are well developed and they can get nutrients and water from that.
After research, I learned that they can reproduce through spores and spores become gametophytes. They produce eggs and gametes. Fern plants can drop millions of spores onto the ground, but only a few will find ideal conditions to grow. Most Ferns are slow growing and can take several years to reach their mature size, which varies greatly between varieties. All Ferns thrive in light to heavy shade. A few, such as Lady Ferns (Athyrium filix-femina) will grow in full sun in the North, provided the planting site is damp.
My hypothesis: The height of the ferns is depended on full sun or light shade in ordinary garden soil and will grow even taller in consistently moist, even wet soil.
Fern provides microhabitats, as well as shelter and shade to small animals. provide a source of food or medicine for animals, including people. ceremonial and spiritual use or importance.
Hello Ranjodh, your observation regarding the ferns is very similar to my observation of fungi in the nearby garden trail!
An advice is to separate your prediction from your hypothesis. Also remember to list a response and explanatory variable as well as determine whether they are categorical or continuous. As a reminder, the response variable is the organism you are studying in this case the fern, and the explanatory variable would be the factors that you think causes the patterns.
I think your experiment will be very interesting and I look forward to reading more about it.