| DataCode | | Nominal | Dataset code |
| RecType | | Nominal | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of record |
| RecMonth | | Physical quantity | Month of record |
| RecDay | | Physical quantity | Day of record |
| Watershed | | Nominal | watershed |
| Soiltype | | Code list | soil type tully, florence, or irwin |
| Transect | | Nominal | transect (A, B, C, D, or X) |
| Plotnum | | Physical quantity | plot number (1-5 or 1-20 on 001a and 020a) |
| Lvgrass | | Physical quantity | mass of live grass (g/0.1m2) |
| Forbs | | Physical quantity | mass of forbs (g/0.1m2) |
| Cuyrdead | | Physical quantity | mass of current years dead (g/0.1m2) |
| Pryrdead | | Physical quantity | mass of previous years dead (g/0.1m2) |
| Woody | | Physical quantity | mass of woody (as of 24 aug 1992) (g/0.1m2) |
| Comments | | Nominal | Comments on data collection |
