Values of differential 2-forms on $k$-dimensional planes

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I've found this demonstration (for this problem taken from "Mathematical methods of Classical Mechanics" by V. I. Arnol'd), and I could not decode this particular step:

A $k$-dimensional plane can be uniquely identified by the value of its symplectic form. The symplectic form takes values in the intervals $[0,k]$

And so:

there is a total of $[k+1]$ different symplectic forms for a k-dimensional plane in $\mathbb R^{2n}$.

What does the first sentence mean? Couldn't 2-forms be of whatever value?