COLUMN_NAME SAMPLE_TYPE UNITS LABEL FORMABBR VAR_TYPE RANGE_HIGH RANGE_LOW LEGAL_VALUES CITATION_1 VEGPLOT Citation for primary flora used for plant id NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER CITATION_2 VEGPLOT Citation for secondary flora/field guide plant id NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER CITATION_3 VEGPLOT Citation for secondary flora/field guide plant id NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER CITATION_4 VEGPLOT Citation for secondary flora/field guide plant id NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER CITATION_5 VEGPLOT Citation for secondary flora/field guide plant id NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER CLASS_FIELD_FWSST US Fish and Wildlife Service Status and Trends wetland class assigned during field visit DATE_COL Date of primary site visit ECO_X_ST "Combined NWCA_ECO4 and SANDT_FIELD_GRPS classes:CPL-PH=Coastal Plain Palustrine Herbaceaous,CPL-PW=Coastal Plain Palustrine Woody,E2EM=Estuarine Emergent,E2SS=Estuarine Shrub-scrub,EMU-PH=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Herbaceous,EMU-PW=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest Woody,IPL-PH=Interior Plains Herbaceous,IPL-PW=Interior Plains Woody,W-PW=West Woody,W-PH=West Herbaceous" NWCA_ECO4 "Aggregated ecoregions based on FW_ECO9 regions:CPL=Coastal Plain,EMU=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest,IPL=Interior Plains,W=West" OBSTACLE VEGPLOT Obstacle Veg Plot Layout (if applied) NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER |OBSTACLE PLOT_LAYOUT VEGPLOT Vegetation Plot Layout Type NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER |STANDARD|NARROW POLYGON|WIDE POLYGON|WETLAND BOUNDARY SITE_ID Identification code for site SITE_USE Result classifies each point in a way that indicates how a point can be used in analysis or not STATE State abbreviation UID Unique identification number for a site visit USDA VEGPLOT Species Names reconciled to USDA-PLANTS NWCA_VEGPLOT CHARACTER |Y VISIT_NO Visit number within the year