| DataCode | | Nominal | Dataset code |
| RecType | | Physical quantity | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of record |
| RecMonth | | Date/time | Month of record |
| RecDay | | Date/time | Day of record |
| Watershed | | Nominal | watershed |
| Site | | Nominal | soil type of other site code |
| Burn | | Code list | burned or unburned |
| Specode | | Code list | species code |
| Genus | | Nominal | 6 character abbreviation of genus |
| Species | | Nominal | 5 character abbreviation of species |
| Variety | | Nominal | 4 character abbreviation of variety |
| Growth | | Physical quantity | % of plants that have initiated growth |
| Anthesis | | Physical quantity | % of plants that have newly opened |
| Fruit | | Code list | % of plants that have mature fruit |
| Lvsdry | | Code list | % of plants that have leaves > 90% |
| Comments | | Nominal | Comments on data collection |
