| RecType | | Physical quantity | Record type |
| RecYear | | Physical quantity | Year of record |
| BurnFreq | | Physical quantity | Burn frequency (20,1) |
| Watershed | | Nominal | Watershed |
| Block | | Nominal | Block code (A, B, C, D, E, F) |
| Plot | | Nominal | Plot number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| Spnum | | Physical quantity | A unique numeric value assigned to each of the species in the data set. |
| Stems | | Physical quantity | Stems |
| Genus | | Nominal | Taxa associated with plant composition and cover class |
| Species | | Nominal | Species name |
| Subspecies | | Nominal | Subgroups within a species |
| Family | family | Nominal | Plant species family name. |
| Lifespan | | Nominal | The life cycle of plant |
| Funcgroup | | Nominal | Plant functional types |
| N_fixer | | Nominal | Nitrogen fixation type |
| Photo_pathway | | Nominal | Photosynthesis pathway |
| Comments | Comments | Nominal | Comments |