COLUMN_NAME SAMPLE_TYPE UNITS LABEL FORMABBR VAR_TYPE RANGE_HIGH RANGE_LOW LEGAL_VALUES ALGAE VEGTYPE percent % Cover of filamentous or mat forming algae NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 ARBOREAL VEGTYPE percent % Cover of Arboreal Bryophytes and Lichens NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 ATTACHED VEGTYPE Macroalgae is attached/living NWCA_VEGTYPE |Y BRYOPHYTES VEGTYPE percent "% Cover of Byrophytes growing on ground surfaces, logs, rocks, etc." NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 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" EXPOSED_GRAVEL VEGTYPE Cover exposed gravel/cobble (~2mm to 25cm) NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 EXPOSED_ROCK VEGTYPE Cover exposed rock (> 25cm) NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 EXPOSED_SOIL VEGTYPE Cover exposed soil/sediment NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 FLOATING_AQ VEGTYPE percent % Cover Floating Aquatic Vegetation NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 HMED_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation > 5m to 15m tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 LIANAS VEGTYPE percent "% Cover Lianas, vines, and vascular epiphytes" NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 LICHENS VEGTYPE percent "% Cover of Lichens growing on ground surfaces, logs, rocks, etc." NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 LITTER_BROADLEAF VEGTYPE Broadleaf evergreen litter NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |BROADLEAF LITTER_CONIFER VEGTYPE Conifer litter NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |CONIFER LITTER_DECID VEGTYPE Deciduous litter NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |DECID LITTER_DEPTH_NE VEGTYPE Litter depth (cm) in center of 1-m2 quadrat at NE corner of Veg Plot NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 LITTER_DEPTH_SW VEGTYPE Litter depth (cm) in center of 1-m2 quadrat at SW corner of Veg Plot NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 LITTER_FORB VEGTYPE Forb litter NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |FORB LITTER_NONE VEGTYPE No litter NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |NONE LITTER_THATCH VEGTYPE "Thatch (dead graminoids, leaves, rhizomes, or other material)" NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |THATCH MACROALGAE VEGTYPE percent % Cover of macroalage (freshwater species/seaweeds) NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 MAXIMUM_DEPTH VEGTYPE Maximum water depth NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 MED_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation >2m to 5 tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 MINIMUM_DEPTH VEGTYPE Minimum water depth NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 NWCA_ECO4 "Aggregated ecoregions based on FW_ECO9 regions:CPL=Coastal Plain,EMU=Eastern Mountains and Upper Midwest,IPL=Interior Plains,W=West" PAL_FARMED VEGTYPE Palustrine farmed (Pf) Class dominating Veg Plot NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |PF PEAT_MOSS VEGTYPE Bryophytes dominated by Sphagnum or other peat forming moss NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |Y PLOT Sampling plot PREDOMINANT_DEPTH VEGTYPE Predominant water depth NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 SANDT_CLASS VEGTYPE FWS Status Trends Class dominating Veg Plot NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |E2EM|E2SS|PEM|PSS|PFO|PUBPAB 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 SMALL_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation 0.5 to 2m tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 STATE State abbreviation SUBMERGED_AQ VEGTYPE percent % Cover Submerged Aquatic Vegetation NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 TALL_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation > 15m to 30m tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 TIME VEGTYPE Time water depth measurements were made NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 2100 500 TOTAL_LITTER VEGTYPE Total cover of litter NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 TOTAL_WATER VEGTYPE Total cover of water NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 UID Unique identification number for a site visit UNK_ALGAE VEGTYPE Macroalage status unknown (can't determine whether wrack or living) NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |Y VISIT_NO Visit number within the year VSMALL_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation < 0.5m tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 VTALL_VEG VEGTYPE percent % Cover Vegetation > 30m tall NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 WATER_AQVEG VEGTYPE % Veg Plot area with water and floating/submerged aquatic vegetation NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 WATER_EMERGVEG VEGTYPE % Veg Plot area with water and emergent and/or woody vegetation NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 WATER_NOVEG VEGTYPE % Veg Plot area with water and no vegetation NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0 WD_COARSE VEGTYPE Cover of coarse woody debris (> 5cm diameter) NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 WD_FINE VEGTYPE Cover of fine woody debris (< 5cm diameter) NWCA_VEGTYPE NUMERIC 100 0.1 WRACK VEGTYPE "Macroalgae occurs wrack (detached, debris, stranded)" NWCA_VEGTYPE CHARACTER |Y