Hi,
Weather: 22 degree C and Sunny.
Terrace, BC, Canada.
For my field project I visited Lakelse Lake Park. I noticed various types of berries were in the pathside. I observed different types of bushes beside the camp site, sidewalks, bushes on forested trails. I noticed their huckle berry, red elderberry, thimble berry.
I noticed that the plants of berries that are far from human walk are full with fruits and the plants nearest to the pathways, sidewalks have less berries. I also noticed that taller bushes have more berries than the shorter bushes. The bushes of the plants close to the sidewalks, pathways are the highest risk of being disrupted by different things such as humans and animals. Shorter plants are more spread out and have less berries.
When I research and read about berries, I notice that they can reproduce by three different methods. First, by layering. their stem touches in the soil, when the stem grows it can form roots and create a new plant. Second, seeds. Seeds are contained in the berries. Third, sending up shoots from rhizomes.
My hypothesis: The height of different types of berry plants influences how many berry it produces and the height of berry plant is depend on full sunlight or light shade.
According to me when I noticed that taller berry plants have more fruit (berries) than shorter.
This is a good start to your project. Are you going to focus on height differences within an individual species or are you trying to compare across species and that species that are lower growing produce less berries than species that are taller? I think either could work though you should be make sure to choose one. Your theoretical basis for your hypothesis will be different for each option and your experimental design may also differ.
How will you measure sunlight / shade? Also what would be your response and predictor variables?