All woody plant life is recorded and used in the evaluation as per the long list of indicator species. When I next get on line in my work computer I pull that list and send it over here to post.
I am still waiting for the list that includes blackberry, raspberry,hobblebush ,greenthorn grasses and forbes.
A job description just describes what duties an employee may be ask to perform. It does not mean that those employees used all those skills to evaluate every plot that is surveyed. What you should have posted is the protocol which describes the actual procedure used by those doing the survey, not their job description.
Furthermore , I ask Dr. Rosenberrry if they evaluated the survey plots for the affects of competing vegetation that may prevent regeneration and he said that was not part of the criteria for the surveys.