COLUMN_NAME	SAMPLE_TYPE	UNITS	LABEL	FORMABBR	VAR_TYPE	RANGE_HIGH	RANGE_LOW	LEGAL_VALUES
CLASS_FIELD_FWSST			US Fish and Wildlife Service Status and Trends wetland class assigned during field visit					
COLLECT_NO	PLANT		Collection number assigned to each plant specimen collected	NWCA_VASCULAR	NUMERIC	50	1	
COVER	PLANT		Percent cover of plant species	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER	100	0.1	
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"					
HEIGHT	PLANT		Predominant height class for each species present across a Veg Plot	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			|1|2|3|4|5|6|E
LINE			Line number on field form					
NE	PLANT		"For each species present, the smallest scale at which it is first observed: 1-m2 or 10-m2 quadrat in the NE corner or in the larger Veg Plot"	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			|S|M|L
NWCA_ECO4			"Aggregated ecoregions based on FW_ECO9 regions:CPL=Coastal Plain,EMU=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest,IPL=Interior Plains,W=West"					
PAGE			Page number of field form for specific data type					
PLOT			Sampling plot					
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					
SPECIES	PLANT		"Scientific name for each species encountered in the Veg plot, or if an unknown the pseudonym for the species"	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			
SPECIES_NAME_ID	PLANT		Number identifying a each specific plant taxon	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			
STATE			State abbreviation					
SW	PLANT		"For each species present, the smallest scale at which it is first observed: 1-m2 or 10-m2 quadrat in the SW corner or in the larger Veg Plot"	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			|S|M|L
TYPE	PLANT		"If species is collected, the collection type"	NWCA_VASCULAR	CHARACTER			|UNK|QA
UID			Unique identification number for a site visit					
VISIT_NO			Visit number within the year