Order	Attribute_Name	Storage_Type	Measurement_Scale	Number_Type	UNITS	DESCRIPTION	CODES
2	Date	d	date-Time	n/a	nominalDay	approximate sampling date for harvest aboveground biomass	DD/MM/YYYY
7	ScientificName	s	nominal	n/a	nominal	scientifc name genus and species when available and/or appropriate	
8	Latitude	f	ratio	real	degrees latitude or longitude	latitude of location of transect sampled	
9	Longitude	f	ratio	real	degrees latitude or longitude	longitude  of location of transect sampled	
1	year	d	date-time	n/a	nominalYear	data were collected in August of that year	
3	site_name	s	nominal	n/a	nominal	"site were abovegound annual biomass was harvested at the end of the growing season.  ESA and owl creek sites are ungrazed.  Section 25 and the ridge, midslope and swlae in section 24 are grazed pastures with cages protecting the vegetation from grazing"	"ESA, ESA2, MIDSLOPE, OWL CREEK, RIDGE, SEC25, SWALE"
4	transect	s	nominal	integer	nominal	biomass is harvested along 3 random transects established each year	"1,2,3"
5	plot	s	nominal	integer	nominal	"biomass is harvested afrom 5 plots along each transect, which are established each year"	"1,2,3,4,5"
6	species	s	nominal	n/a	nominal	coded with SGS-LTER site specific codes code are generally first two letter of genus followed by first two letters of species; see plant list used in the field as LTER_plant_list table	
10	weight	f	ratio	real	gram	mass of species per quarter meter squared	
11	comments	s	nominal	n/a	nominal	comments about what may have occurred in the field or the lab	
