LifeFormClass

General appearance. Characteristic mode of growth or occurrence associated to its environment, particularly for plants. Comprising its size, shape, texture and orientation.

##Atomized branch##

LifeFormAtomized

LifeForm element in structured format.

In DetailClass Value field a controlled vocabulary is recommended.

e.g. Tree, shrubs, herbs (Raunkiær plant life-form system).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raunki%C3%A6r_plant_life-form.

Class: [DetailClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/DetailClass)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the LifeFormAtomized element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)

##Unstructured branch##

LifeFormUnstructured

LifeForm element in text block format.

Class: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the LifeFormUnstructured element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)

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	minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded
	minOccurs=1 maxOccurs=unbounded