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                <attscale>0</attscale>
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                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
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                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attalias>District</attalias>
                <attrtype>String</attrtype>
                <attwidth>255</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>US Forest Service District Name</attrdef>
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                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
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forested - plot contains at least one live tree
mortality - plot contains all dead trees
non-forested - plot does not include any live or dead trees
inaccessible - plot was deemed unsafe to access</attrdef>
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                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
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                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attwidth>255</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Primary Resource Emphasis defined by the Black Hills National Forest Management Plan published in March 2006.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Proportion of the plot contained within the Forest boundary. This variable is needed to modify the expansion factor for any plot metrics.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attalias>Latitude</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Latitude of plot center</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
            </attr>
            <attr>
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                <attalias>Longitude</attalias>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Longitude of plot center</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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            <attr>
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                <attalias>Altitude</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Altitude of plot center in meters as provided by the GPS</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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            <attr>
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                <attalias>Haccuracy</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>GPS accuracy measure. In some locations this value is not available.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <attrlabl>Direction</attrlabl>
                <attalias>Direction</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>GPS measure of direction. In some locations this value is not available.</attrdef>
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                <attrdef>GPS measure. In some locations this value is not available.</attrdef>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Elevation in feet</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Percent slope</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Trees per acre for live trees on the plot.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Basal Area per acre as defined on the plot. Measured as square feet per acre.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
                <attrdef>Quadratic mean diameter measured in inches. This represents the diameter at breast height (4.5 feet from ground) of a tree with average basal area on the plot.</attrdef>
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                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>is a measure of the stocking of a stand of trees based on the number of trees per unit area and diameter at breast height (DBH) of the tree of average basal area, also known as the quadratic mean diameter.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attwidth>255</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
                <attrdef>The dominant tree species on the plot as defined by the most prevalent species.</attrdef>
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                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>The proportion of live trees on the plot which are ponderosa pine. A proportion is a value between 0 and 1.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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                <attrlabl>Live Trees Per Acre</attrlabl>
                <attalias>Live_Trees_Per_Acre</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
                <attrdef>Live trees per acre for the plot.</attrdef>
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            <attr>
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                <attalias>Dying_Trees_Per_Acre</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Dying trees per acre for the plot.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <attrlabl>Dead Trees Per Acre</attrlabl>
                <attalias>Dead_Trees_Per_Acre</attalias>
                <attrtype>Double</attrtype>
                <attwidth>8</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Dead trees per acre for the plot</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
            </attr>
            <attr>
                <attrlabl>Notes</attrlabl>
                <attalias>Notes</attalias>
                <attrtype>String</attrtype>
                <attwidth>255</attwidth>
                <atprecis>0</atprecis>
                <attscale>0</attscale>
                <attrdef>Notes taken on the plot by the field crew.</attrdef>
                <attrdefs>US Forest Service</attrdefs>
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