{"assessment":{"band":"Good","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Cyperus erythrorhizos"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Kentucky 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":0.573,"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":0.9720843672456576,"caterpillars":0.6947890818858561,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.36,"raw":{"bees":0,"birds":22,"caterpillars":6,"genus_used":["Cyperus","Hemicarpha","Kylinga","Kyllinga","Lipocarpha"],"specialists":0,"structure":["Graminoid"]}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_inferred","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 Kentucky host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Kentucky percentile","score":36,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S5"},"source_ids":["lep_ky","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:dc0011a1aecca5ea294868fa2f9593b71f5f1d015ee120112c3133352751e477","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-1","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:a484451b72b74adfe08d69415457c9165b5e3bcc78dc0edd39e0d1a524012630","policy":"selected-condition-categories-1","range":null,"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":"unmapped_selected_fact","unmapped_categories":["Water"]}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Graminoid"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_inferred"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["21007","21011","21015","21023","21035","21037","21039","21047","21053","21055","21061","21065","21073","21075","21079","21089","21095","21099","21101","21103","21105","21107","21111","21113","21117","21121","21125","21127","21135","21143","21145","21147","21149","21151","21161","21177","21183","21185","21191","21199","21203","21205","21221","21223","21225","21227","21235"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["21007","21011","21015","21023","21035","21037","21039","21047","21053","21055","21061","21065","21073","21075","21079","21089","21095","21099","21101","21103","21105","21107","21111","21113","21117","21121","21125","21127","21135","21143","21145","21147","21149","21151","21161","21177","21183","21185","21191","21199","21203","21205","21221","21223","21225","21227","21235"],"growth_habit":"graminoid","growth_habit_source":"tnky_atlas","invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"TN-KY","source":"tnky_atlas","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2572"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}],"native_status":"native_inferred","source_ids":["tnky:2572"],"source_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","source_refs":["KY-county-21007.json","KY-county-21011.json","KY-county-21015.json","KY-county-21023.json","KY-county-21035.json","KY-county-21037.json","KY-county-21039.json","KY-county-21047.json","KY-county-21053.json","KY-county-21055.json","KY-county-21061.json","KY-county-21065.json","KY-county-21073.json","KY-county-21075.json","KY-county-21079.json","KY-county-21089.json","KY-county-21095.json","KY-county-21099.json","KY-county-21101.json","KY-county-21105.json","KY-county-21107.json","KY-county-21111.json","KY-county-21113.json","KY-county-21117.json","KY-county-21121.json","KY-county-21125.json","KY-county-21127.json","KY-county-21135.json","KY-county-21143.json","KY-county-21145.json","KY-county-21147.json","KY-county-21149.json","KY-county-21151.json","KY-county-21161.json","KY-county-21177.json","KY-county-21183.json","KY-county-21185.json","KY-county-21191.json","KY-county-21199.json","KY-county-21203.json","KY-county-21205.json","KY-county-21221.json","KY-county-21223.json","KY-county-21225.json","KY-county-21227.json","KY-county-21235.json","sernec_county"],"source_url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2572","state_rank":"S5"},"source_refs":["KY-county-21007.json","KY-county-21011.json","KY-county-21015.json","KY-county-21023.json","KY-county-21035.json","KY-county-21037.json","KY-county-21039.json","KY-county-21047.json","KY-county-21053.json","KY-county-21055.json","KY-county-21061.json","KY-county-21065.json","KY-county-21073.json","KY-county-21075.json","KY-county-21079.json","KY-county-21089.json","KY-county-21095.json","KY-county-21099.json","KY-county-21101.json","KY-county-21105.json","KY-county-21107.json","KY-county-21111.json","KY-county-21113.json","KY-county-21117.json","KY-county-21121.json","KY-county-21125.json","KY-county-21127.json","KY-county-21135.json","KY-county-21143.json","KY-county-21145.json","KY-county-21147.json","KY-county-21149.json","KY-county-21151.json","KY-county-21161.json","KY-county-21177.json","KY-county-21183.json","KY-county-21185.json","KY-county-21191.json","KY-county-21199.json","KY-county-21203.json","KY-county-21205.json","KY-county-21221.json","KY-county-21223.json","KY-county-21225.json","KY-county-21227.json","KY-county-21235.json","sernec_county"],"source_url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2572","state_rank":{"value":"S5"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":null,"ph":[5,6.5]},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 16 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"fit_record":{"band":"Good","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:dc0011a1aecca5ea294868fa2f9593b71f5f1d015ee120112c3133352751e477","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-1","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:a484451b72b74adfe08d69415457c9165b5e3bcc78dc0edd39e0d1a524012630","policy":"selected-condition-categories-1","range":null,"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":"unmapped_selected_fact","unmapped_categories":["Water"]}},"county_fips":["13065","13105","13131","13183","13185","13211","21007","21011","21015","21023","21035","21037","21039","21047","21053","21055","21061","21065","21073","21075","21079","21089","21095","21099","21101","21103","21105","21107","21111","21113","21117","21121","21125","21127","21135","21143","21145","21147","21149","21151","21161","21177","21183","21185","21191","21199","21203","21205","21221","21223","21225","21227","21235","37017","37041","37061","37065","37071","37095","37097","37117","37129","37145","37147","37159","37167","37171","37181","37183","45003","45011","45013","45015","45017","45023","45025","45027","45037","45039","45043","45049","45055","45063","45065","45069","45083","47003","47005","47023","47031","47035","47037","47039","47057","47059","47065","47069","47071","47073","47075","47079","47085","47093","47095","47097","47113","47115","47121","47125","47131","47133","47149","47157","47161","47167","47181"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":null,"ph":[5,6.5]},"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 16 NC counties","light":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","moisture":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed"},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":36,"state":"KY"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed"},"growing_observations":{"eol_usda":{"archive_doi":"10.5281/zenodo.22129810","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","retrieved":"2026-09-30","scope":"Nationwide approximate species characteristics; tolerance categories do not specify sun hours or moisture requirements","scoring_allowed":false,"source_label":"USDA PLANTS via EOL TraitBank","source_sha256":"04bb6a5292502ddc757bb909f4151de4b9aaea042223dfb486ffe2a94a2564db","source_url":"http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CYER2","trait_evidence":[{"citation":"The PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/","eol_page":"https://eol.org/pages/52513003","field":"drought_tolerance","method":"Compares the relative tolerance of the plant to drought conditions to other species with the same growth habit from the same geographical region. Drought tolerance is defined here in the following fashion: Imagine that in an acre of land there are low areas that have heavy soil and tend to accumulate more soil moisture, and higher areas that have coarse textured soil and tend to accumulate less soil moisture. Some plant species are most frequently found growing in the higher areas with the coarse soil texture. These plant species are considered to be more drought tolerant than the species that are frequently found in the low areas with fine textured soil.","source_url":"http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CYER2","trait_id":"R133-PK288755549","trait_label":"drought tolerance","value":"medium (normal)"},{"citation":"The PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/","eol_page":"https://eol.org/pages/52513003","field":"moisture_use","method":"","source_url":"http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CYER2","trait_id":"R133-PK288766469","trait_label":"moisture use","value":"medium"},{"citation":"The PLANTS Database, United States Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service. http://plants.usda.gov/","eol_page":"https://eol.org/pages/52513003","field":"shade_tolerance","method":"","source_url":"http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CYER2","trait_id":"R133-PK288785887","trait_label":"shade tolerance","value":"low tolerance"}],"values":{"drought_tolerance":"medium (normal)","moisture_use":"medium","shade_tolerance":"low tolerance"}},"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","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":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","source_record_id":1448,"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":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Marshes, ditches, shores, mud flats."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Massachusetts west to North Dakota and Washington, south to n. Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, California, and Mexico (Baja California, Tabasco, Tamaulipas)."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Jul-Dec."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GrPl, GW1, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; > Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhlenberg — S; > Cyperus halei Torr. ex Britton — S]"},{"field":"identification_notes","source_column":"IdentificationNotes","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":"This species is frequently confused with C. odoratus , with which it is often closely associated. The neatly quadrangular spikelets with tiny (= 1.5 mm), closely imbricate scales (vs. terete, jointed spikelets with > 2 mm, loosely spaced scales) easily distinguish even depauperate plants of C. erythrorhizos at a glance."},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":9},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Moist","Water","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1448,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr04","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"4H23,4H43,4H64,4H91","Attr11":"b","Attr12":"4Bw2,4Bw4,4Bw6,4BwX","Attr2":"Moist,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_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 6-1","Attr5":"n","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n","Attr8":"r,t","Attr9":"n"}}],"values":{"geographic_range_description":"Massachusetts west to North Dakota and Washington, south to n. Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, California, and Mexico (Baja California, Tabasco, Tamaulipas).","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr04","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr10":"4H23,4H43,4H64,4H91","Attr11":"b","Attr12":"4Bw2,4Bw4,4Bw6,4BwX","Attr2":"Moist,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_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 6-1","Attr5":"n","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n","Attr8":"r,t","Attr9":"n"},"habitat_description":"Marshes, ditches, shores, mud flats.","habitat_light_categories":["Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Moist","Water","Wet"],"heliophily_index":9,"identification_notes":"This species is frequently confused with C. odoratus , with which it is often closely associated. The neatly quadrangular spikelets with tiny (= 1.5 mm), closely imbricate scales (vs. terete, jointed spikelets with > 2 mm, loosely spaced scales) easily distinguish even depauperate plants of C. erythrorhizos at a glance.","phenology_source_text":"Jul-Dec.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GrPl, GW1, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; > Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhlenberg — S; > Cyperus halei Torr. ex Britton — S]"}},"usda":{"matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","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":18588,"values":{"bloom_season":"Mid Summer","flower_color":"Green","foliage_color":"Dark Green","fruit_season_begin":"Summer","fruit_season_end":"Fall","growth_architecture":"Bunch","growth_rate":"Rapid","height_ft":2.5,"leaf_retention":"No"}}},"light_range":["full sun","full sun"],"light_source":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"TN-KY","source":"tnky_atlas","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2572"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","explanation":"Source scopes are preserved. State occurrence alone does not establish nativity; combined regional evidence is labeled estimated.","label":"Native to Kentucky (estimated from combined sources)","rule":"southeast-native-synthesis-1","status":"native_inferred"},"source_name":"Cyperus erythrorhizos","taxon_id":"taxon:67520186-f257-5801-ba92-6eeca65511fa","revision":"publish:5809c037-0e9a-430a-8008-5ab6f69800c0","photos":[]}