{"assessment":{"band":"Strong","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Helenium vernale"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Alabama range; association and range overlap, not confirmed local feeding.","specialists":"Eastern North America","structure":"USDA species growth habit where matched; otherwise sourced atlas growth habit"},"factors":{"applied_insect_credit":0,"baseline_score":66,"composite":0.737,"insect_support":{"credit":0,"groups":{"ants":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Ants","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"beetles":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Beetles","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"flies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Flies","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"moths_butterflies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Adult butterflies / moths","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_hymenoptera":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other wasps","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_insects":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other insects","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"}},"interpretation":"One provisional point per additional documented insect group, capped at five. Flower visits are a resource-use proxy, not confirmed feeding or pollination. Missing evidence is unknown. Study volume and repeated records earn no extra credit.","maximum_credit":5,"version":"insect-support-1"},"pct":{"bees":0.9789081885856079,"birds":0.303970223325062,"caterpillars":0.6947890818858561,"specialists":0.9875930521091811,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.705,"raw":{"bees":48,"birds":0,"caterpillars":6,"genus_used":null,"specialists":14,"structure":["Forb/herb"]}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_supported","rarity_adjustment":0,"rarity_policy":"Conservation status is displayed separately and never changes ecological scores, including when unranked.","reason":"Calculated with the shared rules using Alabama host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Alabama percentile","score":66,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S2"},"source_ids":["lep_al","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:2db68aa325c8df83f92360a79908cc340326e30f4bc17373293e6a550d572d41","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_light_categories","source_label":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:df2c64154b814cc4cdd051739ded63b6ad921d232f43a1f296bac7cdaba3073d","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Forb/herb"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["01003","01035","01039","01041","01053","01061","01067","01069","01097","01099","01109"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["01003","01035","01039","01041","01053","01061","01067","01069","01097","01099","01109"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"al_atlas","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"AL","source":"al_atlas","url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Se. North Carolina south to ne. Florida, Panhandle Florida, and west to e. Louisiana.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"AL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S2","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132755/Helenium_vernale"}],"native_explanation":"Alabama Plant Atlas (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (GA-NC-SC, NC), not this state: FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Weakley), Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","native_provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"al_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["al_atlas:AL:782"],"source_name":"Helenium vernale","source_refs":["al_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782","state_rank":"S2"},"source_refs":["al_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782","state_rank":{"value":"S2"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 1 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)"},"fit_record":{"band":"Strong","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:2db68aa325c8df83f92360a79908cc340326e30f4bc17373293e6a550d572d41","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_light_categories","source_label":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:df2c64154b814cc4cdd051739ded63b6ad921d232f43a1f296bac7cdaba3073d","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"county_fips":["01003","01035","01039","01041","01053","01061","01067","01069","01097","01099","01109","12003","12005","12007","12013","12015","12019","12021","12031","12033","12037","12043","12045","12059","12063","12073","12075","12077","12081","12085","12086","12087","12089","12091","12095","12101","12111","12113","12117","12123","12129","12131","12133","13003","13019","13039","13043","13049","13071","13109","13127","13177","13179","13185","13191","13205","13275","13277","13287","13299","13309","13315","13321","37047","45015","45027","45043","45049","45051","45053","45061","45075","45085","45089"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 1 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":true,"flags":[{"code":"conservation_caution","default_excluded":true,"label":"Rare or protected plant","message":"Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions.","records":[{"name":"Helenium vernale","rank":"S2","source":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782","state":"AL"}],"source":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":66,"state":"AL"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":true,"flags":[{"code":"conservation_caution","default_excluded":true,"label":"Rare or protected plant","message":"Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions.","records":[{"name":"Helenium vernale","rank":"S2","source":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782","state":"AL"}],"source":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"growing_observations":{"botanical_review_primary_flower_color":{"matched_name":"Helenium vernale","review_decision":{"reason":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","sources":["helenium-vernale--wildflower_center"],"status":"source_recorded","value":"yellow"},"review_note":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","review_sources":[{"approved_for_correction":true,"evidence_kind":"existing_structured_source_observation","excerpt":"{\"flower_color\": [\"Yellow\"]}","retrieved":"2026-10-05T19:48:48.162943+00:00","sha256":"1dd42c64dbd46556c0e6856a947e71c74c1ed71cd11cef477200280c9d7d432e","source_record_id":null,"title":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE"}],"review_status":"source_recorded","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE","values":{"primary_flower_color":"yellow"}},"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Helenium vernale","retrieved":"2026-10-04T13:31:16.252589+00:00","scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"scope_note":"Original regional ecological and identification evidence; no location-specific gardening adjustments.","source_label":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","source_name":"Helenium vernale","source_record_id":6080,"source_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide","trait_evidence":[{"field":"habitat_description","source_column":"HabitatText","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Se. North Carolina south to ne. Florida, Panhandle Florida, and west to e. Louisiana."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Apr-May."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= FNA21, GW2, K1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, SE1, WH3, Bierner (1972); = Helenium helenium (Nutt.) Small — S; ~ Helenium nuttallii A. Gray; ~ Leptopoda helenium Nuttall]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":9},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"FACW"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Moist","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr08","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,","Attr10":"en,to","Attr11":"bo","Attr12":"ye","Attr13":"br,ye","Attr14":"scal","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,","Attr4":" 3-6","Attr5":"gl,pu","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"alt","Attr9":"si"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":6080,"source_table":"Organism","value":"April to May"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"April to May","geographic_range_description":"Se. North Carolina south to ne. Florida, Panhandle Florida, and west to e. Louisiana.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr08","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,","Attr10":"en,to","Attr11":"bo","Attr12":"ye","Attr13":"br,ye","Attr14":"scal","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,","Attr4":" 3-6","Attr5":"gl,pu","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"alt","Attr9":"si"},"habitat_description":"Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches.","habitat_light_categories":["Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Moist","Wet"],"heliophily_index":9,"phenology_source_text":"Apr-May.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"FACW"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= FNA21, GW2, K1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, SE1, WH3, Bierner (1972); = Helenium helenium (Nutt.) Small — S; ~ Helenium nuttallii A. Gray; ~ Leptopoda helenium Nuttall]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Helenium vernale","retrieved":"2026-10-05T19:48:48.162943+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Source-reported species characteristics; not a location-specific estimate.","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_sha256":"1dd42c64dbd46556c0e6856a947e71c74c1ed71cd11cef477200280c9d7d432e","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Helenium vernale","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:7a98a0f615be12af2acdfbdb346bdcddc1a58b0827e138d7fb85deaf1c821e73","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:48:48.162943+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Helenium vernale","source_sha256":"1dd42c64dbd46556c0e6856a947e71c74c1ed71cd11cef477200280c9d7d432e","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:0689f8e3-8603-5758-8dd8-c15bafffaf42","value":["Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Helenium vernale","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:a9831b5df72262e5709af292076708e242c032158fcc4faa6bdad353ba7b3831","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:48:48.162943+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Helenium vernale","source_sha256":"1dd42c64dbd46556c0e6856a947e71c74c1ed71cd11cef477200280c9d7d432e","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:0689f8e3-8603-5758-8dd8-c15bafffaf42","value":["Yellow"]},{"expected_source_name":"Helenium vernale","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:f92f94e9ba8933104a04a3f573a4017f6fe5f8b923d246101c062a37833edc80","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:48:48.162943+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Helenium vernale","source_sha256":"1dd42c64dbd46556c0e6856a947e71c74c1ed71cd11cef477200280c9d7d432e","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEVE","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:0689f8e3-8603-5758-8dd8-c15bafffaf42","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":2.6666666666666665,"unit":"feet"}}],"values":{"flower_color":["Yellow"],"height_description":"Up to about 2.66667 feet","life_cycle":["Perennial"]}}},"light_range":["full sun","full sun"],"light_source":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"AL","source":"al_atlas","url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/782"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Se. North Carolina south to ne. Florida, Panhandle Florida, and west to e. Louisiana.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.southeastfieldguide"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Helenium vernale","scope":"AL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S2","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132755/Helenium_vernale"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"al_atlas","explanation":"Alabama Plant Atlas (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (GA-NC-SC, NC), not this state: FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Weakley), Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","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":"Helenium vernale","taxon_id":"taxon:0689f8e3-8603-5758-8dd8-c15bafffaf42","revision":"publish:903368a2-17ec-496c-89d2-a217f30d9dda","photos":[{"id":"inat-259105265","src":"/api/photos/image/48e6f3e854ecaad21ca838b5ae74dd1146bc400b6ebe2486b243484013ed2156.jpeg","view":"reference","alt":"Helenium vernale photograph","width":375,"height":500,"artist":"(c) Scott Allen Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY)","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/259105265","changes":"iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.","kind":"photo"}]}