| DataCode | | Nominal | Dataset code |
| RecType | | Physical quantity | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of record |
| RecMonth | | Physical quantity | Month of record |
| RecDay | | Physical quantity | Day of record |
| watershed | | Nominal | Location of data collection |
| plot | | Physical quantity | Plot number |
| LvRhz | | Physical quantity | Live Rhizomes |
| NLRhz | | Physical quantity | Nitrogen percentage of live Rhizomes |
| PLRhz | | Physical quantity | Phosphorous percentage of live rhizomes |
| DRhz | | Physical quantity | Dead Rhizomes |
| NDRhz | | Physical quantity | Nitrogen percentage of dead rhizomes |
| PDRhz | | Physical quantity | Phosphorous percentage of dead rhizomes |
| LForb | | Physical quantity | Live forbs |
| NForb | | Physical quantity | Nitrogen percentage of forb (Note: this data represents dead forbs in 1987 and units as grams) |
| PForb | | Physical quantity | Phosphorous percentage of forbs |
