Updated February 21, 2020
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.
*
indicates a custom field used by some Weed Manager groups.
| ID | Title | Description | Data Type |
| AccurcySqm | Accuracy Square Meters | text | |
| Access | Access Code | published, unpublished, private, obscured | text |
| author_id | Contributor Record # | text | |
| Chem_Mthd | Chemical Method | * | text |
| CalfloraID | Calflora Record # | text | |
| ComName | Common Name | text | |
| County | County | text | |
| Crew1 | Crew 1 | * | text |
| Crew2 | Crew 2 | * | text |
| Crew3 | Crew 3 | * | text |
| Crew1Hrs | Labor Hours for Crew 1 | * | text |
| Crew2Hrs | Labor Hours for Crew 2 | * | text |
| Crew3Hrs | Labor Hours for Crew 3 | * | text |
| Distro | Distribution | text | |
| Docum_Type | Documentation Type | text | |
| Elev_m | Elevation in Meters | integer | |
| GA_Count | Gross Area Count | double | |
| Geometry | Geometry | a shape or line expressed in WKT | text |
| Gross_Area | Gross Area | including count and units; for instance "5 square meters" | text |
| Group_Num | Group # | integer | |
| Group_Name | Group Name | text | |
| Habitat | Habitat | text | |
| Hectares | Area in Hectares | double | |
| Herbarium | Herbarium | text | |
| IA_Count | Infested Area Count | double | |
| Index_Date | Index Date | when the record was added to the database | text |
| InfstdArea | Infested Area | text | |
| Latitude | Latitude | double | |
| LocQuality | Location Quality Code | text | |
| Loc_Desc | Location Description | text | |
| Longitude | Longitude | double | |
| Mech_Mthd | Mechanical Method | * | text |
| Mgt_Status | Management Status | text | |
| Nat_Status | Natural Status | wild or planted | text |
| NumBags | Number of Bags | * | integer |
| NumPeople | Number of People | * | text |
| NumPlntTrt | Number of Plants Treated | * | text |
| NumVol | Number of Volunteers | * | text |
| Notes | Notes | (publically viewable if the record is published) | text |
| Ntl_Ownshp | National Ownership | text | |
| NumPlants | Number of Plants | text | |
| Obs_Type | Observation Type | text | |
| Observer | Observer | text | |
| ObservDate | Observation Date | text | |
| PctCover | Percent Cover | text | |
| Phenology | Phenology | text | |
| Plant_Num | Calflora Plant # | integer | |
| PopAccess | Population Access | ease of access to the site of a population | text |
| PopCount | Population Access | plant count summary of a population | text |
| PopPrior | Population Priority | priority of a population | integer |
| Product1 | Herbicide Product 1 | * | text |
| Product2 | Herbicide Product 2 | * | text |
| Product3 | Herbicide Product 3 | * | text |
| Prod1Pct | Percent of Product 1 | * | integer |
| Prod2Pct | Percent of Product 2 | * | integer |
| Prod3Pct | Percent of Product 3 | * | integer |
| PctTrt | Percent Treated | * | integer |
| ProjectNum | Project # | text | |
| Radius_m | Radius | in meters around a point, indicating the size of the patch | double |
| RefPoly | Reference Polygon |
reference polygon of a population (history stack)
-- a shape or line expressed in WKT |
text |
| Region | Region | name of a management unit or preserve | text |
| Root | Root Record # | text | |
| SolnUnits | Solution Units | text | |
| Soln_Tot | Solution Amount | * | double |
| SurveyID | Survey Identifier | present if the record is part of a survey | text |
| Source | Source | organization or individual responsible for this record | text |
| source_id | Source Record # | text | |
| SciName | Scientific Name | of the plant | text |
| TotLaborHr | Number of Hours | text | |
| TrtdAreaSF | Surface Area Treated | * in square feet | text |
| Trt_Mthd | Treatment Method | * | text |
| TrtNote | Treatment Notes | * | text |
| UpdateDate | Update Date | when the record was last changed | text |
| User_Num | User # | the owner of the record | integer |