COLUMN_NAME	LABEL	LEGAL_VALUES
ACCEPTED_SYMBOL	"Generally PLANTS database accepted symbol (Jan. 2020) for taxon.  In a few cases, where taxon concept was not available in PLANTS, or for growth forms, the symbol was designated by NWCA"	
CATEGORY	Broad taxonomic category	DICOT|FERN|GYMNOSPERM|HORSETAIL|LIVERWORT|LYCOPOD|MONOCOT|MOSS|QUILLWORT
CLASS	Class in which taxon occurs	
COMMON_NAME	PLANTS database common name for taxon	
DIVISION	Taxonomic division name	
DURATION	"Plant duration, may include combination of values"	ANNUAL|BIENNIAL|PERENNIAL
DUR_123	Number of DURATION categories for a given taxon	1|2|3|UND
DUR_ALT	Combined DURATION values to simplify and reduce the number of combinations. Some plants have different DURATION depending on environment or location.	ANNUAL|ANN_BIEN|ANN_PEREN|PERENNIAL|UND
FAMILY	Family taxonomic name	
FAMILY_COMMON_NAME	Family common name	
FAMILY_SYMBOL	PLANTS Family symbol	
GENUS	Genus taxonomic name	
GRH_123	Number of GROWTH_HABIT categories possible for a given taxon.	1|2|3|NONVASCULAR|UND
GRH_ALT	Combined GROWTH_HABIT values to simplify and reduce the number of combinations.	FORB|GRAMINOID|SUBSHRUB_FORB|SUBSHRUB_SHRUB|SHRUB|TREE_SHRUB|TREE|VINE|VINE_SHRUB|NONVASCULAR|UND
GROWTH_HABIT	"Growth habit, may include combination of values"	FORB/HERB|GRAMINOID|SHRUB|SUBSHRUB|TREE|VINE
HERB	"Indicator variable for species falling into combined herbaceous category (HERB=GRAMINOID, FORB, SUBSHRUB_FORB)."	0|1|NONVASCULAR|UND
HYBRID_GENUS	x = hybrid indicator	
HYBRID_SP	x = hybrid indicator	
NONVASC	"Nonvascular plant, to be excluded from calculations."	Y|NA
NWCA_NAME	"Generally PLANTS database accepted scientific name (Jan. 2020) for taxon.  In a few cases, where taxon concept was not available in PLANTS the name from another source, or for growth forms was designated by NWCA."	
ORDER	Order taxonomic name	
PUBLICATION_DATE	Date of data file publication	
SCI_NAME_AUTH	"Generally PLANTS database accepted scientific name with authorities (Jan. 2020) for taxon.  In a few cases, where taxon concept was not available in PLANTS the name from another source (see name authorities), or for growth forms was designated by NWCA."	
SHRUB_COMB	"Indicator variable for species falling to combined shrub category (SHRUB_COMB=SHRUB, SUBSHRUB_SHRUB)."	0|1|NONVASCULAR|UND
SPECIES_NAME_ID	Identification number for taxon in tblTAXA	
SUBCLASS	Subclass in which taxon occurs	
TAXON_LEVEL	Taxonomic level of name	F|G|GH|H|NV|SC|SF|SP|SSP|T|U|VAR
TREE_COMB	"Indicator variable for species falling into combined tree category (TREE_COMB=TREE_SHRUB, TREE)."	0|1|NONVASCULAR|UND
USA_CAN_DISTR	Distribution in the USA (state) and Canada (province based on PLANTS database (20200108)	
VINE_ALL	"Indicator variable for species falling into combined herbaceous category (VINE_ALL=VINE, VINE_SHRUB)."	0|1|NONVASCULAR|UND