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Speaks for its own area (GA-NC-SC, KY, NC, TN), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","label":"Native to Alabama (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"al_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Fuirena squarrosa","taxon_id":"taxon:0199a088-067c-583b-89c1-cb4c72d9055f","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[{"id":"fuirena-squarrosa-tn-1695-22965114","src":"/api/photos/image/fe243ebacf54906bd2fdb2fc7d2f439044a9c0bee2c3d666c297d87393c5e56b.jpg","view":"bloom","alt":"Fuirena squarrosa — bloom photograph","width":960,"height":640,"artist":"Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.","license":"Public domain","license_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Public_domain","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuirena_squarrosa_NRCS-1.jpg","changes":"Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching","kind":"photo"}]}