To determine whether the vegetation patterns at higher elevations and altitudes resemble that of the vegetation patterns are higher latitudes, we counted the number of individual Vaccinium vacillans in 11 random 4x4 meter plots in three sites. One site was of an elevation of 400 meters. Another site was at 60 meters but still located in the same general latitude as the 400-meter site. The last site was at a higher latitude than the two previous mentioned sites. Our results showed that the number of individuals at a site of higher elevation closely resembled the number of individuals at a higher latitude site. The site that was at a lower elevation showed more numbers of individuals than either the higher latitude site or the higher elevation site. We concluded that vegetation patterns at higher elevations did resemble vegetation patterns at higher latitudes. These results suggest that this is ubiquitous in other regions.
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