Event · part of 8(C). Option C, Field Botany

8(C)(1). Visit a natural area, and observe three things there

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A park, forest, Scout camp or other natural area near home. Two of the study methods below send you back to a DIFFERENT site from this one, so note which site you used.

Note. Note down which site you used. If you go on to pick the transect study or the nested plot, at least one of their two sites has to be somewhere different from this one.

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8(C)(1)(a). Which plants are largest, which most abundant
8(C)(1)(b). The environmental factors behind what grows there
8(C)(1)(c). How the plants change at the edges

Where this step comes from

Plant Science Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 8(C)(1)

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