... Plants buried under the loose soil may force their way upwards and re-establish themselves. 2. Dormant seeds in the soil may germinate due to the new conditions that the molehill has improved. New seeds, usually wind pollinated, may arrive on the molehill and germinate. 3. Surrounding plants with creeping habits may infiltrate their way onto the molehill. This will not occur immediately after the molehill is formed so the plants will require time to re-establish themselves. It then stands to reason that older molehills will have a greater number and diversity of plant species growing on them than newer molehills, as the plants will have had more time to re-establish themselves. This investigation attempts to find out whether the age of the molehill will have an effect on the species diversity growing on it. PLAN HYPOTHESIS The compactness of the soil of the molehill will alter with the age of the molehill. The age of the molehill ...

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