{"assessment":{"band":"Strong","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Paspalum setaceum"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established South Carolina 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":1,"baseline_score":66,"composite":0.74,"insect_support":{"credit":1,"groups":{"ants":{"credit":1,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Ants","recorded_name_count":1,"recorded_names":["Pogonomyrmex badius"],"seed_interactions":[{"animal":"Pogonomyrmex badius","country":"USA","dataset":"Penn & Crist 2018","doi":"10.1002/ece3.4377","outcomes":["pred"],"reference":{"First Author":"Tschinkel","Journal":"Plos ONE","Pages":"e0171419","Reference ID (refid)":724,"Unique ID (id)":7724,"Volume":12,"Year":2017},"reference_id":724,"row_id":7724,"source_plant":"Paspalum setaceum","species_resolved":true}],"status":"recorded"},"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":0.749379652605459,"birds":0.9553349875930521,"caterpillars":0.8442928039702233,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.707,"raw":{"bees":7,"birds":17,"caterpillars":16,"genus_used":null,"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 South Carolina host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a South Carolina percentile","score":67,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":""},"source_ids":["lep_sc","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Graminoid"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_inferred"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["45003","45005","45011","45017","45043","45075","45077","45089"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["45003","45005","45011","45017","45043","45075","45077","45089"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_evidence":[{"basis":"unanimous_direct_child_native_flags","claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","scope":"TN-KY","source":"tnky_atlas","supporting_taxa":[{"atlas_id":1690,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/1690"},{"atlas_id":1805,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. setaceum","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/1805"},{"atlas_id":2834,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2834"}],"url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3883"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N PB:I PR:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}],"native_status":"native_inferred","source_ids":["sernec:866"],"source_name":"Paspalum setaceum","source_refs":["SC-checklist-6.html","sernec_county"],"source_url":"https://sernecportal.org/portal/checklists/checklist.php?pagenumber=6&clid=3141&dynclid=0&pid=84&searchsynonyms=1","state_rank":null},"source_refs":["SC-checklist-6.html","sernec_county"],"source_url":"https://sernecportal.org/portal/checklists/checklist.php?pagenumber=6&clid=3141&dynclid=0&pid=84&searchsynonyms=1","state_rank":{"value":null}},"fit_inputs":{"light":null,"moisture":[1,2],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 69 NC counties","moisture":"USACE wetland occurrence proxy"},"fit_record":{"band":"Strong","condition_evidence":{},"county_fips":["13027","13275","13291","37001","37005","37007","37009","37011","37013","37015","37017","37019","37021","37023","37025","37027","37031","37033","37037","37041","37047","37049","37051","37053","37055","37061","37063","37071","37073","37077","37079","37083","37085","37087","37091","37093","37095","37097","37099","37101","37103","37111","37115","37117","37119","37123","37127","37129","37131","37133","37135","37137","37139","37141","37145","37147","37153","37155","37163","37165","37169","37175","37177","37179","37181","37183","37185","37187","37191","37193","37195","37197","45003","45005","45011","45017","45043","45075","45077","45089","47157"],"fit_inputs":{"light":null,"moisture":[1,2],"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 69 NC counties","moisture":"USACE wetland occurrence proxy"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed"},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":67,"state":"SC"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed"},"growing_observations":{"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","retrieved":"2026-10-05T19:48:49.240636+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":"c34e52336c2cd284f90e0961614397c1f7b3318576c5d7b11f3c8141245e8fb3","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PASE5","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Paspalum setaceum","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:08042b100077f2640e41f600b71de7cb6d3d1bc0c1d1a55b6a8dd8f30780c9aa","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:48:49.240636+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":"Paspalum setaceum","source_sha256":"c34e52336c2cd284f90e0961614397c1f7b3318576c5d7b11f3c8141245e8fb3","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PASE5","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:6c351fcf-bf7e-5171-a6c4-c5b838ceba8e","value":["Not Applicable"]},{"expected_source_name":"Paspalum setaceum","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:085d0ff334a62c2d153cea2f8600c2cb040897326907910701ba7eff7e82a657","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:48:49.240636+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":"Paspalum setaceum","source_sha256":"c34e52336c2cd284f90e0961614397c1f7b3318576c5d7b11f3c8141245e8fb3","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PASE5","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:6c351fcf-bf7e-5171-a6c4-c5b838ceba8e","value":["Perennial"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Not Applicable"],"life_cycle":["Perennial"]}}},"native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"basis":"unanimous_direct_child_native_flags","claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","scope":"TN-KY","source":"tnky_atlas","supporting_taxa":[{"atlas_id":1690,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/1690"},{"atlas_id":1805,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. setaceum","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/1805"},{"atlas_id":2834,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/2834"}],"url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3883"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N L48:N PB:I PR:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paspalum setaceum","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 South Carolina (estimated from combined sources)","rule":"southeast-native-synthesis-1","status":"native_inferred"},"source_name":"Paspalum setaceum","taxon_id":"taxon:6c351fcf-bf7e-5171-a6c4-c5b838ceba8e","revision":"publish:5809c037-0e9a-430a-8008-5ab6f69800c0","photos":[{"id":"paspalum-setaceum-71816903","src":"/api/photos/image/462ccfca68ce7908a0521ecba346a531bed00e9a8ba16ad478b27e0ae3d574e1.jpg","view":"whole","alt":"Paspalum setaceum — whole photograph","width":960,"height":1280,"artist":"Forest and Kim Starr","license":"CC BY 3.0 us","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr-080607-7290-Paspalum_setaceum-leaves_and_seedheads-Old_galley_Sand_Island-Midway_Atoll_(24548223629).jpg","changes":"Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching"}]}