{"assessment":{"band":"Modest","factor_identity":{"basis":"source accepted identity; genus-level evidence","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Pilularia americana"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Arkansas 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":5,"composite":0.247,"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":0.24379652605459057,"birds":0.303970223325062,"caterpillars":0.17307692307692307,"specialists":0.4323821339950372},"rank_pct":0.002,"raw":{"bees":0,"birds":0,"caterpillars":0,"genus_used":null,"specialists":0,"structure":null}},"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 Arkansas host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Arkansas percentile","score":5,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S2"},"source_ids":["lep_ar","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:158b7a9c90cabb3d4b21b0c67f6c14f083cf2770fd94bac668bf58a94704c601","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":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:d8640eb4e067e1c94e39f6370b128fddee8c2d3ab53c3e7d2b8126764c624f8b","levels":[4,5],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,5],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":null,"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["05029","05045","05051","05059","05083","05089","05097","05113","05119","05125","05141","05143","05149"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["05029","05045","05051","05059","05083","05089","05097","05113","05119","05125","05141","05143","05149"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"ar_atlas_2013","native_evidence":[{"basis":"atlas map status: introduced (status code 1) or native","claim":"native","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AR","source":"ar_atlas_2013","url":"https://biology.uark.edu/herbarium/AtlasVascularPlantsArkansas2013_lowerres.pdf#page=67"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AR","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S2","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599/Pilularia_americana"}],"native_explanation":"Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013) (published flora, state claim) gives the value.","native_provenance":{"flags":["filled_down"],"source":"ar_atlas_2013","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["natureserve_explorer:AR:ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599"],"source_name":"Pilularia americana","source_refs":["ar_atlas_2013","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599","state_rank":"S2"},"source_refs":["ar_atlas_2013","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599","state_rank":{"value":"S2"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[4,5],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"fit_record":{"band":"Modest","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:158b7a9c90cabb3d4b21b0c67f6c14f083cf2770fd94bac668bf58a94704c601","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":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:d8640eb4e067e1c94e39f6370b128fddee8c2d3ab53c3e7d2b8126764c624f8b","levels":[4,5],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,5],"scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"semantics":"documented_native_habitat_conditions","source_field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"county_fips":["01077","01079","01133","05029","05045","05051","05059","05083","05089","05097","05113","05119","05125","05141","05143","05149","13013","13035","13089","13133","13141","13189","13221","13231","13297","13303","47009","47077","47139","47175"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[4,5],"ph":null},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"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":"Pilularia americana","rank":"S2","source":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599","state":"AR"}],"source":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":5,"state":"AR"},"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":"Pilularia americana","rank":"S2","source":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599","state":"AR"}],"source":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Pilularia americana","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":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_name":"Pilularia americana","source_record_id":111,"source_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","trait_evidence":[{"field":"habitat_description","source_column":"HabitatText","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Vernal pools and seepage areas on granitic flatrocks, other ponds, drawdown shores of lakes."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":"This peculiar plant has a puzzling distribution, being known from several disjunct regions: Washington to s. California; Nebraska and Missouri south to e. and c. Texas; South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mexico (Durango and Baja California Norte); similar plants, perhaps conspecific, occur in South America and Africa. The apparently fragmented distribution may be partly explainable by the inconspicuous nature of the plant. First reported for South Carolina in 1993 (J. Allison, pers. comm.)."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Apr-Oct."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA2, GrPl, K1, K4, Mo1, NS, POWO, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns; = n/a — C, RAB]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":9},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Water","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr02","Attr1":"sc_pd,ga_pd,","Attr10":"bas","Attr2":"Water,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 3-11","Attr5":"raqu,terr","Attr6":"aqua,erec","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"bas","Attr9":"2spag"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":111,"source_table":"Organism","value":"April to October"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"April to October","geographic_range_description":"This peculiar plant has a puzzling distribution, being known from several disjunct regions: Washington to s. California; Nebraska and Missouri south to e. and c. Texas; South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mexico (Durango and Baja California Norte); similar plants, perhaps conspecific, occur in South America and Africa. The apparently fragmented distribution may be partly explainable by the inconspicuous nature of the plant. First reported for South Carolina in 1993 (J. Allison, pers. comm.).","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr02","Attr1":"sc_pd,ga_pd,","Attr10":"bas","Attr2":"Water,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 3-11","Attr5":"raqu,terr","Attr6":"aqua,erec","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"bas","Attr9":"2spag"},"habitat_description":"Vernal pools and seepage areas on granitic flatrocks, other ponds, drawdown shores of lakes.","habitat_light_categories":["Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Water","Wet"],"heliophily_index":9,"phenology_source_text":"Apr-Oct.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA2, GrPl, K1, K4, Mo1, NS, POWO, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns; = n/a — C, RAB]"}},"wildflower_center":{"display_withheld_fields":["soil"],"field_quality_flags":{"moisture_categories":["Existing displayed guidance retained; incoming source differs"]},"matched_name":"Pilularia americana","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:11:47.112934+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":"99504cef8031fb90050aeed917494cf166f711ade45c2a0b07eb9970b8a7dbb8","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIAM","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Pilularia americana","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:ab43e789025b430de327fbf36f26c1b0acb0f024096f943e8ac9f5939e8cc1e9","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:47.112934+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":"Pilularia americana","source_sha256":"99504cef8031fb90050aeed917494cf166f711ade45c2a0b07eb9970b8a7dbb8","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIAM","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:48b35b26-65af-584b-a960-260c3582ff55","value":["Not Applicable"]},{"expected_source_name":"Pilularia americana","field":"moisture_categories","original_field":"soil_moisture","record_id":"trait:adf6c471b7c2075be6569753bbe8f99909b1868e5786bf32e9113ae5caf44a30","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:47.112934+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":"Pilularia americana","source_sha256":"99504cef8031fb90050aeed917494cf166f711ade45c2a0b07eb9970b8a7dbb8","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIAM","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:48b35b26-65af-584b-a960-260c3582ff55","value":["Wet"]},{"expected_source_name":"Pilularia americana","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:b940598708b27a21db7f961b6de47928081c6ece840818fa8b4639bd07af26cb","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:47.112934+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":"Pilularia americana","source_sha256":"99504cef8031fb90050aeed917494cf166f711ade45c2a0b07eb9970b8a7dbb8","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIAM","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:48b35b26-65af-584b-a960-260c3582ff55","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":0.3333333333333333,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Pilularia americana","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:e39ae61b326cc81ecb5d7c30c5c0cca541b206ee6db735ee1e8edf2d68f235c6","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:47.112934+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":"Pilularia americana","source_sha256":"99504cef8031fb90050aeed917494cf166f711ade45c2a0b07eb9970b8a7dbb8","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIAM","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:48b35b26-65af-584b-a960-260c3582ff55","value":["Perennial"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Not Applicable"],"height_description":"Up to about 0.333333 feet","life_cycle":["Perennial"],"moisture_categories":["Wet"]}}},"light_range":["full sun","full sun"],"light_source":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"basis":"atlas map status: introduced (status code 1) or native","claim":"native","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AR","source":"ar_atlas_2013","url":"https://biology.uark.edu/herbarium/AtlasVascularPlantsArkansas2013_lowerres.pdf#page=67"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Pilularia americana","scope":"AR","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S2","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129599/Pilularia_americana"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"ar_atlas_2013","explanation":"Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013) (published flora, state claim) gives the value.","label":"Native to Arkansas (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":["filled_down"],"source":"ar_atlas_2013","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Pilularia americana","taxon_id":"taxon:48b35b26-65af-584b-a960-260c3582ff55","revision":"publish:d412fcf4-883a-4c06-b542-542693807821","photos":[]}