... them. Prediction : - There would be a greater range of plants in larger abundance, in an area that has rare trampling, as oppose to an area which is frequently trampled because the earth is less compacted so plants will lose air and nutrients. Also, in the area of less trampling, there would be more, of the taller growing plants and flowering plants and less little plants because less light is available to them. In the more trampled area, there would be more low growing grasses, and rosette plants. This is because as they are stepped on, their meristem is not badly damaged because it is a basal meristem at the bottom of the plant. The meristem is the thing that helps the plant to grow. Without it, it would die. A tall flowering plant has an apical meristem at the top so as it is stepped on, it is ...

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