SNF Dataset: SNF Forest Understory Cover Data
Data Center: ORNL DAAC -- The DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics
Data Center Contact: Merilyn Gentry   email:  mjg@ornl.gov
                                      phone:  423-376-2655
Source Dataset (SAS):        und_cvr.ssd01
ASCII Data File:             und_cvr.dat     File Creation Date: 24SEP1996
ASCII Data Definition File:  und_cvr.def     File Creation Date: 24SEP1996
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Variable Name  Long Name       SAS Type  Generic Type      Description
1  speccode    SPECIES_CODE    $ 10      CHAR(5)           "Species identification code that is a combination of the first two letters of the Latin (botanical) genus and species names"
2  pct_cvr     AVG_COVER       8         NUMBER(4,1)       "Average percent cover of the given canopy layer for all the plots within the site"
3  site_id     SITE_ID         8         NUMBER(4,0)       "Site ID"
4  can_layr    CAN_LEVEL       $ 12      CHAR(12)          "The level in the canopy for which the observations were made: either canopy, subcanopy, understory, or dead"
5  speccomm    COMMON_NAME     $ 36      CHAR(20)          "The common name of the species"
6  spec_sci    LATIN_NAME      $ 36      CHAR(25)          "The Latin (botanical) name of the species"
