ODM2 Medium Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Group A vocabulary for describing the physical medium of a specimen, reference material, or sampled environment. Habitat A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, or other type of organism. Adopted from STORET into USGS National Water Quality Portal. http://waterqualitydata.us/portal_userguide/#WQPUserGuide-Table2 Definition from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat Necessary to describe ecosystem properties, such as: birds per km2 of habitat STORET definition: The habitat conditions at the monitoring site; physical features of the area surrounding the monitoring location site.