| Recyear | | Physical quantity | Year of sample |
| Watershed | | Nominal | watershed |
| Shrub_id | | Physical quantity | Plot number at each site (1 to 20) |
| Treatment | | Nominal | Treatments of browsing (~50% removal of new meristematic growth), or control (no removal of plant material) |
| SpeCode | | Physical quantity | Species code |
| Family | | Nominal | Taxa family name |
| Genus | | Nominal | Taxa associated with plant composition and cover class |
| Species | | Nominal | Abbreviated species name |
| Growth_form | | Code list | Plant life history trait (a = annual, b = biennial, p = perennial) |
| Life_form | | Code list | Plant functional type (f = forb, g = grass, s = sedge, w = woody, o = ferns and allies) |
| Origin | | Code list | Plant species native (n) or invasive (i) |
| Cover_class | | Physical quantity | Vegetation cover classes (1-7) |
| Cover | | Physical quantity | Percent cover (%) calculated from cover class (1 = 0-1%, 2 = 2-5%, 3 = 5-25%, 4 = 25-50%, 5 = 50-75%, 6 = 75-95%, 7 = 95-100%) |
