When observation data is extracted from Calflora in the
form of a shapefile, the attribute names are changed so that
each name is no more than ten characters long.
The attribute names used in an extracted shapefile
are listed in the ID column in the table below.
Some of the attribute names are crypticallly short;
use this table to look up what each attribute name means.
| ID | Title | Description |
| accm2 | Accuracy Square Meters | |
| area_hect | Area in Hectares | |
| area_id | Region | name of a management unit or preserve |
| area_size | Gross Area | |
| author_id | Contributor Record # | |
| buffer | Radius | around a point, indicating the size of the patch |
| calrecnum | Calflora Plant # | |
| chemmethod | Chemical Method | |
| collctn | Survey Identifier | |
| common | Common Name | |
| county | County | |
| cover_cls | Percent Cover | |
| crew1 | Crew 1 | |
| crew2 | Crew 2 | |
| crew3 | Crew 3 | |
| date | Observation Date | |
| distribut | Distribution | |
| doc_type | Documentation Type | |
| elev_meter | Elevation in Meters | |
| geometry | Geometry | a shape or line expressed in WKT |
| georef | Access Code | published, unpublished, private |
| grez | Location Quality Code | |
| habitat | Habitat | |
| herb_amt | Herbicide Amount | |
| herb_pr1 | Herbicide Product 1 | |
| herb_pr2 | Herbicide Product 2 | |
| herb_pr3 | Herbicide Product 3 | |
| herb_units | Herbicide Units | |
| herbarium | Herbarium | |
| index_date | Index Date | when the record was added to the database |
| infarea | Infested Area | |
| laborhrs1 | Labor Hours for Crew 1 | |
| laborhrs2 | Labor Hours for Crew 2 | |
| laborhrs3 | Labor Hours for Crew 3 | |
| latitude | Latitude | |
| loc_desc | Location Description | |
| longitude | Longitude | |
| mechmethod | Mechanical Method | |
| mstatus | Management Status | |
| nat_stat | Natural Status | wild or planted |
| nbags | Number of Bags | |
| nhours | Number of Hours | |
| npeople | Number of People | |
| nplants_tr | Number of Plants Treated | |
| num_volun | Number of Volunteers | |
| obs_type | Observation Type | |
| observer | Observer | |
| orig_notes | Notes | |
| ownership | National Ownership | |
| pcount | Number of Plants | |
| pct_pr1 | Percent of Product 1 | |
| pct_pr2 | Percent of Product 2 | |
| pct_pr3 | Percent of Product 3 | |
| pct_tr | Percent Treated | |
| phenology | Phenology | |
| root_rid | Root Record # | |
| seq_num | Record # | |
| source | Source | organization or individual responsible for this record |
| source_id | Source Record # | |
| surface_ar | Surface Area Treated | |
| taxon | Scientific Name | of the plant |
| trmethod | Treatment Method | |
| trnotes | Treatment Notes | |
| ugroup | Group # | |
| update_dt | Update Date | when the record was last changed |
| uproject | Project # | |
| user_num | User # |