Organizing my data wasn’t terribly difficult as the data I collected is relatively straightforward, but I was surprised at how few weeds grew in the areas of medium and high shade. I was expecting the percent cover in those areas to be lower than the low shade area, but certainly not to the extent that they were. Neither the medium of high shade area experienced much weed growth at all, with the area of high shade not seeing any new weeds throughout my entire observation period, and even the area of medium shade only saw negligible growth. Even this small amount of growth in the medium shaded area may be due to an outside variable, as I believe the plant that contributed to the 1% cover increase is a Garry Oak sapling, which was likely planted there by a local squirrel. This nearly nonexistent growth in two of the three areas may be due to the fallen pine needles from the overhead Douglas Fir found in those areas, which the low shade area was mostly free of. Another reason may be because of the Douglas Fir branches lessening the amount of water that those areas received when it rains. I look forward to researching this more when I write my discussion!