| NOTES TO USERS: | |
| 1. | The sites in this series are arranged in order of increasing understory vegetation loading (i.e., graminoids, shrubs, and forbs). |
| 2. | A list of scientific and common species names can be found in the introductory notes for Hawaii. |
| 3. | Myoporum sandwicense was considered a shrub in the grassland and shrubland series and a tree in the woodland and forest series owing to its variable physiognomic form. |
| 4. | The marker in these photographs is a 1-foot square, and the pole is painted in contrasting colors at 1-foot intervals. The pole is 6 feet tall and 30 feet from the camera. |
| 5. | Sampling and photography occurred in November 1999 and July 2000. |
| 6. | Trace species coverage is indicated by (t). |
| 7. | Standing tree biomass was not calculated; tree seedling biomass was added to shrub biomass. |
| 8. | Unlike the bound publication where all masses were reported in tons per acre, the digital photo series reports understory biomass in pounds per acre. |