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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": 25, "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": -5, "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": "SNR", "invasive": false, "invasive_rank": null, "harm_penalty": 0}, "factor_identity": {"name_used": "Mertensia virginica", "basis": "approved shared identity", "growth_habit_source": "USDA PLANTS"}, "factors": {"raw": {"caterpillars": 1, "bees": 9, "specialists": 0, "birds": 1, "structure": ["Forb/herb"], "genus_used": null}, "pct": {"caterpillars": 0.40260545905707196, "bees": 0.7890818858560794, "specialists": 0.4323821339950372, "birds": 0.6643920595533499, "structure": 0.5}, "composite": 0.52, "rank_pct": 0.27, "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": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}, "flies": {"label": "Flies", "status": "recorded", "recorded_names": ["Rhingia nasica", "Teuchocnemis lituratus"], "recorded_name_count": 2, "flower_visits": [{"animal": "Rhingia nasica", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "Teuchocnemis lituratus", "group": "flies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "recorded", "recorded_names": ["Anosia plexippus", "Deilephila lineata", "Hemaris thysbe", "Thanaos juvenalis", "Vanessa atalanta"], "recorded_name_count": 5, "flower_visits": [{"animal": "Anosia plexippus", "group": "moths_butterflies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "Thanaos juvenalis", "group": "moths_butterflies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "Vanessa atalanta", "group": "moths_butterflies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "Deilephila lineata", "group": "moths_butterflies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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": "Hemaris thysbe", "group": "moths_butterflies", "source_plant": "Mertensia virginica", "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_hymenoptera": {"label": "Other wasps", "status": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}, "other_insects": {"label": "Other insects", "status": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}}, "credit": 2, "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": 28, "applied_insect_credit": 2}, "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"}}}