I am studying the effects of the size of an oak tree on the species diversity and density. Using five randomly chosen quadrats of 130 square feet, six samples will be randomly taken from each quadrat. A problem I ran into was a lot of poison ivy, I ensured I wore long pants and avoided these areas to the best of my ability. The main problem I ran into at the start was how long it would take to sample so many trees in such a large area, hence creating five different fixed areas to sample which cut down my time. I also started with only sampling five trees from each area but felt that wasn’t enough so I sampled six instead. I’m only about halfway through There are a few ancillary patterns I have noticed that make me reflect on my hypothesis. For example, for the smaller trees, there is far more Lonicera periclymunum in the understory and with larger trees Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak) is always in the understory