| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of sample |
| BurnTrt | | Code list | Burn treatment (1-yr burn vs. 4-yr burn). |
| DroughtTrt | | Code list | Drought treatment (control vs. drought). |
| CoverType | | Code list | Plant cover type (woody vs. herbaceous). |
| SubType | | Nominal | Type of biomass within each cover type (shrub, forb, grass, total herbaceous) |
| Shelter | | Physical quantity | Shelter number (1-14) |
| StemDensity | | Physical quantity | Number of stems per square meter |
| Biomass | | Physical quantity | Plant biomass (herbaceous or shrub) |
| MeanStemDiam | | Physical quantity | Mean shrub stem diameter |
