{"assessment":{"band":"Good","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Sorghastrum nutans"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Florida 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":48,"composite":0.656,"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":0.5942928039702233,"birds":0.826302729528536,"caterpillars":0.7549627791563276,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.504,"raw":{"bees":2,"birds":4,"caterpillars":8,"genus_used":null,"specialists":0,"structure":["Graminoid"]}},"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 Florida host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Florida percentile","score":48,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S4S5"},"source_ids":["lep_fl","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:79c1846896e5182063591a350cc58f1af06006e2d75c63f6e801e02d6df0041f","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_light_categories_preserved_without_hour_conversion","source_field":"light","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:88e2e309fec7be587b398b8d2e96c0d824c8240f06dd0b630117b034466c2462","levels":[1,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,3],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_drainage_or_moisture_categories_preserved","source_field":"moisture_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Graminoid"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["12001","12013","12017","12023","12039","12041","12047","12053","12057","12059","12063","12067","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12089","12091","12101","12107","12113","12115","12119","12121","12123","12129","12131"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["12001","12013","12017","12023","12039","12041","12047","12053","12057","12059","12063","12067","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12089","12091","12101","12107","12113","12115","12119","12121","12123","12129","12131"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"fl_atlas","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"FL","source":"fl_atlas","url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3682"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Florida","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","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":"Native field of the Florida edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":2337,"scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"FL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S4S5","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146412/Sorghastrum_nutans"}],"native_explanation":"Atlas of Florida Plants (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","native_provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"fl_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["fl_atlas:FL:3682"],"source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_refs":["fl_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3682","state_rank":"S4S5"},"source_refs":["fl_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3682","state_rank":{"value":"S4S5"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[1,3],"ph":[4.8,8]},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 73 NC counties","light":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","moisture":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"fit_record":{"band":"Good","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:79c1846896e5182063591a350cc58f1af06006e2d75c63f6e801e02d6df0041f","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_light_categories_preserved_without_hour_conversion","source_field":"light","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:88e2e309fec7be587b398b8d2e96c0d824c8240f06dd0b630117b034466c2462","levels":[1,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,3],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_drainage_or_moisture_categories_preserved","source_field":"moisture_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"county_fips":["01001","01003","01005","01007","01009","01011","01013","01015","01017","01019","01021","01027","01029","01033","01035","01037","01039","01041","01043","01047","01049","01053","01055","01059","01061","01063","01065","01067","01069","01071","01079","01081","01085","01087","01091","01095","01097","01101","01103","01105","01107","01109","01111","01113","01115","01117","01119","01121","01123","01131","12001","12013","12017","12023","12039","12041","12047","12053","12057","12059","12063","12067","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12089","12091","12101","12107","12113","12115","12119","12121","12123","12129","12131","13015","13031","13073","13119","13145","13185","13187","13211","13221","13223","13251","13297","13311","21007","21009","21011","21013","21025","21029","21035","21037","21043","21047","21049","21051","21055","21065","21067","21075","21079","21083","21085","21089","21093","21095","21099","21109","21111","21121","21125","21127","21133","21137","21141","21143","21145","21147","21151","21157","21163","21165","21173","21185","21195","21197","21199","21203","21205","21213","21219","21221","21227","21229","21235","37001","37003","37007","37009","37011","37013","37015","37017","37019","37021","37023","37025","37027","37033","37035","37037","37039","37047","37049","37051","37057","37061","37065","37067","37069","37071","37075","37077","37079","37081","37083","37085","37087","37089","37093","37095","37097","37099","37101","37105","37107","37109","37111","37113","37117","37119","37121","37123","37125","37127","37133","37135","37137","37141","37145","37147","37151","37153","37155","37157","37163","37165","37167","37169","37171","37173","37175","37179","37181","37183","37191","37195","37197","45001","45003","45005","45009","45011","45015","45017","45021","45023","45025","45027","45029","45031","45033","45035","45039","45041","45043","45045","45047","45049","45055","45057","45059","45061","45063","45065","45069","45071","45073","45075","45077","45079","45081","45085","45087","45089","45091","47007","47009","47013","47019","47025","47029","47031","47033","47035","47037","47043","47049","47051","47053","47059","47061","47065","47067","47069","47073","47077","47079","47087","47089","47091","47099","47101","47103","47109","47113","47115","47119","47121","47123","47125","47129","47133","47139","47141","47143","47145","47149","47151","47153","47155","47157","47161","47163","47171","47175","47177","47179","47183","47185","47189","51003","51005","51007","51009","51011","51013","51015","51017","51019","51021","51023","51025","51029","51031","51033","51035","51036","51037","51041","51043","51045","51047","51049","51051","51053","51057","51059","51061","51063","51065","51067","51069","51071","51073","51075","51077","51079","51081","51083","51085","51087","51089","51091","51093","51095","51097","51099","51101","51103","51105","51107","51109","51111","51113","51115","51117","51119","51121","51125","51127","51131","51135","51137","51139","51141","51143","51145","51147","51149","51153","51155","51157","51159","51161","51163","51165","51167","51169","51171","51175","51177","51179","51181","51183","51187","51191","51195","51197","51199","51510","51680","51800"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[1,3],"ph":[4.8,8]},"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 73 NC counties","light":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","moisture":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":48,"state":"FL"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","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":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_record_id":2337,"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":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Xeric and mesic woodlands and forests of a wide variety, prairies, barrens, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks. Along with Andropogon gerardi , Schizachyrium scoparium , and Panicum virgatum , Sorghastrum nutans is one of the dominant grasses of the tall-grass prairie. It is also common in a variety of open habitats (natural and altered) in the forested landscape of eastern North America."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Late Aug-Nov."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Hall (1982); = Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash — Tx; > Sorghastrum linnaeanum (Hack.) Nash — S13; > Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash — S13]"},{"field":"identification_notes","source_column":"IdentificationNotes","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Variable in color of the foliage, from bluish to green."},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":8},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"FACU"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Dry","Moist"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr03","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"a","Attr11":"g","Attr12":"mh","Attr13":"3Bw7","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 8-12","Attr5":"h","Attr6":"le,mo","Attr7":"l","Attr8":"mo","Attr9":"p"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":2337,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Late August to November"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"Late August to November","geographic_range_description":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr03","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"a","Attr11":"g","Attr12":"mh","Attr13":"3Bw7","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 8-12","Attr5":"h","Attr6":"le,mo","Attr7":"l","Attr8":"mo","Attr9":"p"},"habitat_description":"Xeric and mesic woodlands and forests of a wide variety, prairies, barrens, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks. Along with Andropogon gerardi , Schizachyrium scoparium , and Panicum virgatum , Sorghastrum nutans is one of the dominant grasses of the tall-grass prairie. It is also common in a variety of open habitats (natural and altered) in the forested landscape of eastern North America.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Dry","Moist"],"heliophily_index":8,"identification_notes":"Variable in color of the foliage, from bluish to green.","phenology_source_text":"Late Aug-Nov.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACU"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"FACU"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Hall (1982); = Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash — Tx; > Sorghastrum linnaeanum (Hack.) Nash — S13; > Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash — S13]"}},"ncsu_fruit_archive":{"archive":"data/photo-expansion/recovery/ncsu-sorghastrum-nutans.html","identity_basis":"Exact page heading","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","retrieved":"2026-09-28","scope":"Species profile fruit display season; not a local ripening date","source_field":"Fruit: Display/Harvest Time","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_sha256":"10bdce6d3db00bfc197d5d8aaf815fc4434ac0d6110f868dd020cbde0a99d3f0","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","source_value":["Fall"],"values":{"fruit_season_begin":"Fall","fruit_season_end":"Fall"}},"ncsu_sitemap":{"matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","retrieved":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Source-reported species characteristics; not a location-specific estimate.","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"light","original_field":"light","record_id":"trait:2442d376a2aadcf5965ae81f79361972f60fb8342c859bf78aaa84b1a5687309","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)"]},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:309ef3f7c51e16a3d5a16e137e99951c3846147d76db0c7bcccfb036789c5cc7","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["Gold/Yellow","Orange"]},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"hardiness_zones","original_field":"hardiness","record_id":"trait:7c0707c902da36148fe6d9e98ecbf32dbcb32579e5bafec850a9b40bf7289a84","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b"]},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:c311a24545215f9a004a97b8e2ea493bb581110602d6248cff8c17462bcf0b4b","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":{"max":7,"min":5,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"leaf_habit","original_field":"leaf_habit","record_id":"trait:cfaceec5446be36ba0f83cd362052a6a0af4f065667d335d9e104eb477a65f8e","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["Deciduous"]},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"moisture_categories","original_field":"soil_moisture","record_id":"trait:de7f0238ef02adfcc471b8da130db41f761fa7c436afec76d51ce170cedd1522","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["Moist","Occasionally Dry"]},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"spread_description","original_field":"spread","record_id":"trait:ec1cc8cdcb568a8186a3445692d5983f9542cd8c97067e40cbb963f2dfaca179","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":{"max":2,"min":1,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:fe8f2b5703d940d67671101dcd51f225a1e5538dcd036a958f24151b31d9e49b","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:45:35.595838+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","source_sha256":"dda7b5eb062747b8c302af1d6e14809fde1d4b5bbc2e55c58866625cd5bad967","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","value":["Perennial"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Gold/Yellow","Orange"],"hardiness_zones":["4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b"],"height_description":"5–7 feet","leaf_habit":["Deciduous"],"life_cycle":["Perennial"],"light":["Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)"],"moisture_categories":["Moist","Occasionally Dry"],"spread_description":"1–2 feet"}},"prairie_moon_2026":{"identity_basis":"Exact scientific name; no new synonym guesses","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","page":16,"retrieved":"2026-09-30T18:00:34.396046+00:00","row_top":548.7221,"scope":"Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed","source_label":"Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide","source_sha256":"a0653d627b36184cd6bdd39aaea55efe2c15be3899976de28f978edc07a23cf1","source_url":"https://www.prairiemoon.com/catalogs/Prairie-Moon-Nursery-Cultural-Guide-2026.pdf","values":{"bloom_season":["August","September"],"height_description":"6 feet (in flower)","light":["Full sun (6+ hours)","Part shade (3–6 hours)"],"moisture_categories":["Mesic","Dry-mesic","Dry"]}},"usda":{"matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","retrieved":"2026-09-24","scope":"Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary","source_label":"USDA PLANTS","source_url":"https://plants.usda.gov/","usda_id":25695,"values":{"bloom_season":"Late Spring","flower_color":"Yellow","foliage_color":"Green","fruit_season_begin":"Summer","fruit_season_end":"Fall","growth_architecture":"Bunch","growth_rate":"Moderate","height_ft":6,"leaf_retention":"No"}},"ut_smart_yards":{"identity_basis":"Exact scientific name; no new synonym guesses","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","modified":"2017-01-08T20:08:17+00:00","page_id":"6118","scope":"Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading","source_label":"Tennessee Smart Yards","source_url":"https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/grasses-2/scientific-name/indian-grass/","values":{"height_description":"3-7 feet","light":["Full sun"],"moisture_categories":["medium to dry"]}},"virginia_coastal":{"identity_basis":"Exact scientific name; no new synonym guesses","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","page":2,"retrieved":"2026-09-30T18:00:37.533960+00:00","row_top":1141.3499,"scope":"Virginia regional planting chart; sunlight is a minimum requirement, moisture is low/moderate/high","source_label":"Virginia DCR Coastal Plain","source_sha256":"c7dc029781c9ba41743547b5b3234bbe1c4c027e3137534abdc4b4fe2cf39612","source_url":"https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/cp-nat-plants.pdf","values":{"light":["Partial sun (minimum requirement)","Full sun (minimum requirement)"],"moisture_categories":["Low","Moderate"]}}},"light_range":["full sun","full sun"],"light_source":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"FL","source":"fl_atlas","url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3682"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Florida","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"Maine and Québec west to s. Manitoba, south to c. peninsular Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and s. Mexico.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","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":"Native field of the Florida edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":2337,"scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","scope":"FL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S4S5","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146412/Sorghastrum_nutans"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"fl_atlas","explanation":"Atlas of Florida Plants (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","label":"Native to Florida (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"fl_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Sorghastrum nutans","taxon_id":"taxon:81acb51c-94e3-5e1a-83b9-6eed8648abd5","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[{"id":"recovery-ncsu-sorghastrum-nutans-9393","src":"/api/photos/image/d7a5bac2e36b0315d7cddebc9b17aa797a0cc40019f075aa72a4bd566faca03e.jpg","view":"bloom","alt":"Sorghastrum nutans — bloom photograph","width":450,"height":600,"artist":"Matt Lavin","license":"CC BY-SA 2.0 DE","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/sorghastrum-nutans/","changes":"Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.","kind":"photo"}]}