{"assessment":{"band":"Good","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Xyris difformis"},"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":36,"composite":0.575,"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":0.847394540942928,"birds":0.6643920595533499,"caterpillars":0.4975186104218362,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.36,"raw":{"bees":13,"birds":1,"caterpillars":2,"genus_used":null,"specialists":0,"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 Florida host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Florida percentile","score":36,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S3"},"source_ids":["lep_fl","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:1d638911d71e71f4e6c13e8afe410301026857e26dc30b4003199f4b027dfa42","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:ec8dd655b5ee09f7ba7da08bdf9c310bb3f86ae228b1a654c5db75bfe6ccba95","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":"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":["12001","12003","12005","12007","12013","12015","12019","12021","12031","12033","12035","12037","12039","12049","12055","12065","12067","12071","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12085","12089","12091","12093","12095","12097","12099","12107","12113","12125","12129","12131","12133"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["12001","12003","12005","12007","12013","12015","12019","12021","12031","12033","12035","12037","12039","12049","12055","12065","12067","12071","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12085","12089","12091","12093","12095","12097","12099","12107","12113","12125","12129","12131","12133"],"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":"Xyris difformis","scope":"FL","source":"fl_atlas","url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2440"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N PR:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","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":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.floridafieldguide"},{"basis":"native range text names Florida","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.floridafieldguide"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","scope":"FL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S3","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142949/Xyris_difformis"}],"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:2440"],"source_name":"Xyris difformis","source_refs":["fl_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2440","state_rank":"S3"},"source_refs":["fl_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2440","state_rank":{"value":"S3"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[4,5],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 39 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)"},"fit_record":{"band":"Good","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:1d638911d71e71f4e6c13e8afe410301026857e26dc30b4003199f4b027dfa42","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:ec8dd655b5ee09f7ba7da08bdf9c310bb3f86ae228b1a654c5db75bfe6ccba95","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":"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":["01001","01003","01005","01007","01015","01019","01021","01025","01031","01035","01039","01041","01045","01047","01049","01051","01053","01055","01061","01065","01069","01071","01073","01081","01097","01099","01105","01107","01109","01119","01125","01129","01131","12001","12003","12005","12007","12013","12015","12019","12021","12031","12033","12035","12037","12039","12049","12055","12065","12067","12071","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12085","12089","12091","12093","12095","12097","12099","12107","12113","12125","12129","12131","12133","13015","13017","13065","13101","13185","13191","13275","13287","21011","21035","37013","37015","37017","37019","37029","37031","37041","37043","37047","37049","37051","37055","37061","37073","37085","37089","37097","37101","37103","37105","37113","37117","37123","37125","37127","37129","37133","37147","37153","37155","37163","37165","37175","37177","37183","37187","37191","37195","37197","45003","45011","45013","45015","45019","45025","45027","45029","45041","45043","45049","45051","45053","45055","45061","45063","45067","45069","45075","45077","45079","47031","47035","47051","47129","47143","51001","51025","51033","51041","51053","51059","51075","51081","51087","51093","51095","51097","51099","51103","51115","51127","51131","51135","51149","51159","51175","51181","51183","51199","51550","51650","51700","51710","51800","51810"],"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":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 39 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":36,"state":"FL"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Xyris difformis","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":"Xyris difformis","source_record_id":1057,"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":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Pine savannas, roadside ditches, pond margins, acid seeps, bogs, other wet habitats."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Aug-Oct."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= K4, Mi, Tn, Va, WH3, Bridges & Orzell (2003); = Xyris difformis Chapman var. difformis — AqW, C, Can, ETx1, FNA22, GW1, K1, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Tx, Kral & Moffett (2009), Kral (1966a); Xyris difformis Chapman — F, G, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, W]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":9},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"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":1057,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Water","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr07","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"7L10,7L15,7L200,7L28","Attr11":"7W2cm,7W3mm,7W7.5mm","Attr12":"ba","Attr2":"Water,Wet","Attr3":"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":" 7-11","Attr5":"7H02,7H03,7H06,7H15","Attr6":"spk","Attr7":"n","Attr8":"ye","Attr9":"n"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1057,"source_table":"Organism","value":"August to October"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"August to October","geographic_range_description":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr07","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"7L10,7L15,7L200,7L28","Attr11":"7W2cm,7W3mm,7W7.5mm","Attr12":"ba","Attr2":"Water,Wet","Attr3":"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":" 7-11","Attr5":"7H02,7H03,7H06,7H15","Attr6":"spk","Attr7":"n","Attr8":"ye","Attr9":"n"},"habitat_description":"Pine savannas, roadside ditches, pond margins, acid seeps, bogs, other wet habitats.","habitat_light_categories":["Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Water","Wet"],"heliophily_index":9,"phenology_source_text":"Aug-Oct.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= K4, Mi, Tn, Va, WH3, Bridges & Orzell (2003); = Xyris difformis Chapman var. difformis — AqW, C, Can, ETx1, FNA22, GW1, K1, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Tx, Kral & Moffett (2009), Kral (1966a); Xyris difformis Chapman — F, G, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, W]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Xyris difformis","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:01:59.702499+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":"543a7508b1952d18fcfc9054dfb416eedd43ebd1b7f0ba5dd7e8e0130de2d19a","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XYDI","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Xyris difformis","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:9b60716fc773b2305e0dd8e6d54b37c81b737426948802015d3302b9b6ec5093","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:01:59.702499+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":"Xyris difformis","source_sha256":"543a7508b1952d18fcfc9054dfb416eedd43ebd1b7f0ba5dd7e8e0130de2d19a","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XYDI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:829d1645-280f-51d8-a297-28cbe2670f0c","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":3,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Xyris difformis","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:c5183c95571e5abeb3bf97eb270dda5df064f4927dbb9b682bb513ceb7bf830e","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:01:59.702499+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":"Xyris difformis","source_sha256":"543a7508b1952d18fcfc9054dfb416eedd43ebd1b7f0ba5dd7e8e0130de2d19a","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XYDI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:829d1645-280f-51d8-a297-28cbe2670f0c","value":["Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Xyris difformis","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:f90ec09f0694528e0926a8ec58331143e2cec8c9bceb461114cbd821a8653787","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:01:59.702499+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":"Xyris difformis","source_sha256":"543a7508b1952d18fcfc9054dfb416eedd43ebd1b7f0ba5dd7e8e0130de2d19a","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=XYDI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:829d1645-280f-51d8-a297-28cbe2670f0c","value":["Yellow","Brown"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Yellow","Brown"],"height_description":"Up to about 3 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":"Xyris difformis","scope":"FL","source":"fl_atlas","url":"https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2440"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N PR:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","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":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.floridafieldguide"},{"basis":"native range text names Florida","claim":"native","scope":"FL","source":"floraquest_florida","text":"New England and s. Canada south to n. peninsular Florida and ec. Texas.","url":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emountainworks.android.floridafieldguide"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Xyris difformis","scope":"FL","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S3","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142949/Xyris_difformis"}],"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":"Xyris difformis","taxon_id":"taxon:829d1645-280f-51d8-a297-28cbe2670f0c","revision":"publish:903368a2-17ec-496c-89d2-a217f30d9dda","photos":[]}