{"assessment":{"band":"Not native","fit_score":null,"native_basis":"not_native","rarity_adjustment":null,"rarity_policy":"Conservation status is displayed separately and never changes ecological scores, including when unranked.","reason":"Reported non-native to Mississippi.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Mississippi percentile","score":null,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":false,"state_rank":"SNR"},"status":"not_native","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:1689ce0d41e33de9c25ce05dfcab750f84aaba90f5b779c7540e44a1b3c203b6","levels":[2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[2,4],"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:a36fbc647bb314dd19d8b080977556b2b58d2f74aa335f69625b45d445642e76","levels":[0,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,3],"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":"not_native"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["28035","28039","28047","28109"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["28035","28039","28047","28109"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":false,"native_basis":"regional_source","native_decided_by":"floraquest_south_central","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","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 South Central edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"introduced","record_id":5901,"scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"native_explanation":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition (published flora, regional claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier.","native_provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier","broader_scope"],"source":"floraquest_south_central","specificity":"regional","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"not_native","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["natureserve_explorer:MS:ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138008"],"source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138008","state_rank":"SNR"},"source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138008","state_rank":{"value":"SNR"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[0,3],"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":"Not native","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:1689ce0d41e33de9c25ce05dfcab750f84aaba90f5b779c7540e44a1b3c203b6","levels":[2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[2,4],"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:a36fbc647bb314dd19d8b080977556b2b58d2f74aa335f69625b45d445642e76","levels":[0,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,3],"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":["01003","01031","01035","01039","01041","01053","01061","01067","01069","01081","01097","01109","05099","05103","12001","12005","12013","12023","12029","12031","12033","12037","12039","12041","12047","12049","12055","12057","12059","12063","12067","12069","12073","12075","12077","12079","12083","12091","12095","12103","12105","12113","12117","12121","12123","12125","12127","12129","12131","12133","13027","13039","13049","13065","13127","13131","13173","13205","13279","13287","22023","22027","22061","22073","22115","28035","28039","28047","28109","45005","45019","45063","45067","45071","45079","45085"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[0,3],"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":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":false,"quercus_score":null,"state":"MS"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"botanical_review_primary_flower_color":{"matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","review_decision":{"reason":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","sources":["coreopsis-basalis--wildflower_center"],"status":"source_recorded","value":"yellow"},"review_note":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","review_sources":[{"approved_for_correction":true,"evidence_kind":"existing_structured_source_observation","excerpt":"{\"flower_color\": [\"Yellow\"], \"light\": [\"Sun\"]}","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+00:00","sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_record_id":null,"title":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2"}],"review_status":"source_recorded","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","values":{"primary_flower_color":"yellow"}},"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_record_id":5901,"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":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Sandy roadsides and fields."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Probably native only west of the Mississippi River (s. Arkansas and s. Oklahoma south to se. Louisiana and s. Texas), now distributed across the Coastal Plain from Texas east to Florida and north to North Carolina."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May-Jul."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= NcTx, NS, POWO, Smith (1976a); = Coreopsis basalis (A.Dietr.) S.F.Blake var. basalis — Tx, Sherff & Alexander (1955); = n/a; Coreopsis basalis (A.Dietr.) S.F.Blake — Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA21, G, Il, K1, K4, NE, Ok, RAB, SE1, WH3]"},{"field":"botanical_comments","source_column":"Comments","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"The ' wrightii ' entity probably warrants recognition at some rank."},{"field":"heliophily_unrated_reason","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Source assigns zero to exotic species; no light-affinity rating."},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Dry","Moist"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr08","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"en","Attr11":"bo","Attr12":"ye","Attr13":"ye","Attr14":"none,scal","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"n","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:n,native_sc_cp:n,native_sc_pd:n,native_ga_cp:n,native_ga_pd:n,","Attr4":" 4-8","Attr5":"pu","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"opp","Attr9":"lc"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":5901,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May to July"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"May to July","botanical_comments":"The ' wrightii ' entity probably warrants recognition at some rank.","geographic_range_description":"Probably native only west of the Mississippi River (s. Arkansas and s. Oklahoma south to se. Louisiana and s. Texas), now distributed across the Coastal Plain from Texas east to Florida and north to North Carolina.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr08","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"en","Attr11":"bo","Attr12":"ye","Attr13":"ye","Attr14":"none,scal","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"n","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:n,native_sc_cp:n,native_sc_pd:n,native_ga_cp:n,native_ga_pd:n,","Attr4":" 4-8","Attr5":"pu","Attr6":"n","Attr7":"n,y","Attr8":"opp","Attr9":"lc"},"habitat_description":"Sandy roadsides and fields.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Dry","Moist"],"heliophily_unrated_reason":"Source assigns zero to exotic species; no light-affinity rating.","phenology_source_text":"May-Jul.","taxonomic_synonymy":"[= NcTx, NS, POWO, Smith (1976a); = Coreopsis basalis (A.Dietr.) S.F.Blake var. basalis — Tx, Sherff & Alexander (1955); = n/a; Coreopsis basalis (A.Dietr.) S.F.Blake — Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA21, G, Il, K1, K4, NE, Ok, RAB, SE1, WH3]"}},"wildflower_center":{"display_withheld_fields":["light","soil"],"field_quality_flags":{"light":["Existing displayed guidance retained; incoming source differs"],"moisture_categories":["Existing displayed guidance retained; incoming source differs"]},"matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"leaf_habit","original_field":"leaf_habit","record_id":"trait:2f2c188ae9981040c0826241946d82e5a0d068cf6ca2dc4e294a87cb054fb94a","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":["Deciduous"]},{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:320a0d9e4f4dbbf0127ce81790a89a73060c8d6eec699778cd7f517806d6027f","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":1.6666666666666667,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:e1a82ea156348618a1d386311ba0cedf1b109067550e5d332421526146c83e26","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":["Annual"]},{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"light","original_field":"light","record_id":"trait:e296a726664e95ed9582c593d253a60508c811095edc31177d449bf73dfcbb83","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":["Sun"]},{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:e7887dfea514e068ca596f40881adc9a725b139730e771e62c639cfe6626c5c2","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":["Yellow"]},{"expected_source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","field":"moisture_categories","original_field":"soil_moisture","record_id":"trait:ed50fbd4802305c086276403d99befcbf66083a0f9f8f31ab29b023a1c9b08fd","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:13:09.124122+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":"Coreopsis basalis","source_sha256":"91b6afe25da97117ac1e0984e3fbb75c07d32a59357bce6ccbbbbd0213175356","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COBA2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","value":["Dry"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Yellow"],"height_description":"Up to about 1.66667 feet","leaf_habit":["Deciduous"],"life_cycle":["Annual"],"light":["Sun"],"moisture_categories":["Dry"]}}},"light_range":["part shade","full sun"],"light_source":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Coreopsis basalis","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 South Central edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"introduced","record_id":5901,"scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"floraquest_south_central","explanation":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition (published flora, regional claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier.","label":"Not native to Mississippi","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier","broader_scope"],"source":"floraquest_south_central","specificity":"regional","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"not_native"},"source_name":"Coreopsis basalis","taxon_id":"taxon:72ecd75a-4188-5872-884f-10324f51b3da","revision":"publish:d412fcf4-883a-4c06-b542-542693807821","photos":[{"id":"inat-676238133","src":"/api/photos/image/5cc06396519f1d527b980fd6617809e117323e5883994d7c55af17b13a98b61c.jpg","view":"bloom","alt":"Coreopsis basalis — flower photograph","width":500,"height":375,"artist":"(c) Wes Copas, some rights reserved (CC BY)","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/676238133","changes":"iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.","kind":"photo"}]}