{"source_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "evidence": {"record_id": "tn:263", "atlas_id": 263, "state": "TN", "identity": {"status": "exact_name", "nc_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "approved_aliases": [], "candidate_nc_name": null, "candidate_names": [], "research_match_status": "exact_published", "merge_policy": "no fuzzy or parent-species merging"}, "occurrence": {"basis": "atlas_county_search", "county_fips": ["47071", "47103"], "native_range_confirmed": false, "absence_means": "not recorded in this snapshot; not proof of absence"}, "native_status": {"status": "unresolved", "state": "TN", "state_assertions": [], "regional_atlas_flag": "Y", "regional_flag_scope": "Tennessee-Kentucky atlas; not promoted to county or state native range", "county_native_range": "unresolved"}, "state_rank": {"value": "S1", "status": "reported_rank", "source_text": "TN[S1] KY[S1]", "state": "TN"}, "invasive_status": {"status": "no_exact_listing_match", "list_assertions": [], "candidate_assertions": [], "unmatched_means": "unknown; not a non-invasive verdict"}, "horticulture": [], "shared_evidence_reference": {"nc_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "nc_record_path": "/nc/melanthium-virginicum.json", "reuse_scope": "identity link only; source traits require review; NC geography and scores excluded"}, "quercus_score": null, "fit_score": null, "score_status": "TN reference cohort and missing-rank policy not approved", "sources": ["atlas:263", "county:47071", "county:47103"]}, "native_synthesis": {"status": "native_supported", "label": "Native to Tennessee (state-specific source)", "claims": [{"source": "Tennessee Natural Heritage rare-plant list (2025)", "scope": "TN", "claim": "native", "url": "https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/natural-areas/documents/na_tn-rare-plant-list.pdf#page=33", "matched_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "text": "Melanthium virginicum Virginia Bunchflower \nWET WOODS AND FIELDS FL: JUN-AUG, FR: AUG-OCT ER, CB, WU E S1 G5 \nMelanthium woodii Ozark Bunchflower \nRICH WOODED SLOPES FL: JUN-JUL, FR: JUN-JUL WR, CB, RV, CM, CU S S2 G5 \nMilium effusum var. cisatlanticum Tall Millet-grass \nRICH WOODS FL: JUN, FR: JUN BR S S1 G5T5 \nMinuartia cumberlandensis Cumberland Sandwort \nROCKHOUSES FL: JUL-SEPT, FR: SEPT-OCT C", "basis": "exact taxon in state native-species conservation list"}, {"source": "NC vascular flora", "scope": "NC", "claim": "native", "matched_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}, {"source": "USDA PLANTS", "scope": "L48", "claim": "native", "matched_name": "Melanthium virginicum", "text": "L48:N", "url": "https://plants.usda.gov/"}, {"source": "TN–KY Plant Atlas", "scope": "TN–KY", "claim": "native", "url": "https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/263"}], "rule": "tn-native-synthesis-1", "explanation": "A TN-specific UT native-guide page or an exact entry in the Tennessee rare-plant list supports a direct source claim. Otherwise, TN occurrence plus an atlas native flag and exact-name native evidence from NC flora or USDA L48 supports a provisional state inference. No one regional claim or occurrence alone establishes TN nativity; NC and L48 claims retain their actual scopes.", "county_native_range": "unresolved"}, "assessment": {"version": "nc-rules-0.6.4-shared-2", "score": 20, "band": "Good", "status": "scored_provisional", "reason": "Calculated with the same rules as North Carolina, using Tennessee host-range and conservation-rank inputs. Native-status evidence is shown separately.", "reference": "NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Tennessee percentile", "rarity_adjustment": -10, "rarity_policy": "Existing NC rule: S5 0, S4 -2, S3 -5, S2 -8, S1/SH -10; unranked -5; score floor 5.", "fit_score": null, "native_basis": "native_supported", "scoring_inputs": {"native": true, "state_rank": "S1", "invasive": false, "invasive_rank": null, "harm_penalty": 0}, "factor_identity": {"name_used": "Melanthium virginicum", "basis": "approved shared identity", "growth_habit_source": "USDA PLANTS"}, "factors": {"raw": {"caterpillars": 2, "bees": 6, "specialists": 0, "birds": 0, "structure": ["Forb/herb"], "genus_used": ["Melanthium", "Veratrum"]}, "pct": {"caterpillars": 0.4975186104218362, "bees": 0.7239454094292804, "specialists": 0.4323821339950372, "birds": 0.303970223325062, "structure": 0.5}, "composite": 0.514, "rank_pct": 0.26, "insect_support": {"version": "insect-support-1", "groups": {"ants": {"label": "Ants", "status": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}, "beetles": {"label": "Beetles", "status": "recorded", "recorded_names": ["Centrinites strigicollis", "Mordella melaena", "Photinus pyralis", "Trichius piger"], "recorded_name_count": 4, "flower_visits": [{"animal": "Trichius piger", "group": "beetles", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}, {"animal": "Mordella melaena", "group": "beetles", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}, {"animal": "Centrinites strigicollis", "group": "beetles", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. 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Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 1}, "flies": {"label": "Flies", "status": "recorded", "recorded_names": ["Archytas aterrima", "Calythea albicincta", "Cistogaster occidua", "Musca domestica", "Paradidyma singularis", "Sphaerophoria cylindrica", "Stratiomyia meigenii", "Trichopoda pennipes"], "recorded_name_count": 8, "flower_visits": [{"animal": "Musca domestica", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. 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Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}, {"animal": "Cistogaster occidua", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}, {"animal": "Calythea albicincta", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}, {"animal": "Stratiomyia meigenii", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 1}, "moths_butterflies": {"label": "Adult butterflies / moths", "status": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}, "other_hymenoptera": {"label": "Other wasps", "status": "recorded", "recorded_names": ["Ammobia ichneumonea"], "recorded_name_count": 1, "flower_visits": [{"animal": "Ammobia ichneumonea", "group": "other_hymenoptera", "source_plant": "Melanthium virginicum", "interaction": "flower_visit", "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA", "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror", "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.", "pollination_confirmed": false}], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 1}, "other_insects": {"label": "Other insects", "status": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}}, "credit": 3, "maximum_credit": 5, "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."}, "baseline_score": 27, "applied_insect_credit": 3}, "source_ids": ["lep_tn", "globi", "bigbee", "avian", "usdahabit", "robertson", "antseed"], "factor_scopes": {"caterpillars": "Host genera of native Lepidoptera recorded in Tennessee; host association and range overlap, not confirmed local feeding.", "bees": "Southeastern North America", "specialists": "Eastern North America", "birds": "North America", "structure": "USDA species growth habit where matched; otherwise TN–KY atlas growth habit"}}}