An ecological analysis of the garden and your plants.

An ecological analysis of the garden and your plants.

Some abiotic factors that our plant depends on for survival would be the amount of water, sunlight, and warm weather it receives. Some biotic factors that affect our plant are slugs or snails that eat the leaves.

We know our plants are engaged in competition because it is trying to grow faster than the other plants in the garden. The plants are competing for sunlight, water, and nutrients from the ground. The competition are the other varieties of brassica in the garden.

Winners and losers are determined by which plants has progressed or grew more than others. It is not always clear who won or lost in this struggle. Many plants can look smaller or more undeveloped than others but function as efficiently. What makes the determination complicated is when a plant can not get as much nutrients than one that is.

Another type of interaction in our plants is a symbiotic relationship. This is a mutualism relationship between our plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria benefit both of the organisms. The nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to convert nitrogen into ammonia that the plants are able to synthesize as proteins. The plant is able to return this favor by giving the bacteria a place to stay.

The evidence that the garden is in succession is that it went from being relatively empty to lush and green from the plants and grass. It seems more like secondary succession because there was already soil to start out with when we planted our brassica.