{"source_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "evidence": {"record_id": "tn:439", "atlas_id": 439, "state": "TN", "identity": {"status": "exact_name", "nc_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "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": ["47003", "47011", "47013", "47017", "47025", "47041", "47049", "47051", "47055", "47065", "47073", "47091", "47109", "47115", "47117", "47119", "47129", "47131", "47139", "47141", "47145", "47149", "47151", "47153", "47161", "47165", "47171", "47175", "47177", "47179", "47185"], "native_range_confirmed": false, "absence_means": "not recorded in this snapshot; not proof of absence"}, "native_status": {"status": "source_supported", "state": "TN", "state_assertions": [{"claim": "native", "scope": "TN", "source_id": "ut:6638", "text": "Native Region: Lightly scattered statewide", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/shrubs-2/scientific-name/adamsneedle-yucca/"}, {"claim": "native", "scope": "TN", "source_id": "ut:5269", "text": "Native Region: Scattered lightly statewide except absent in northeast corner of Tennessee", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/flowers/common-name/adams-needle-bear-grass/"}], "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": "SNR", "status": "unranked_or_not_applicable", "source_text": "TN[SNR]", "state": "TN"}, "invasive_status": {"status": "no_exact_listing_match", "list_assertions": [], "candidate_assertions": [], "unmatched_means": "unknown; not a non-invasive verdict"}, "horticulture": [{"source_id": "ut:6638", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/shrubs-2/scientific-name/adamsneedle-yucca/", "source_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "native_region_text": "Native Region: Lightly scattered statewide", "conditions_text": "Full sun; moderately dry to dry moisture level; sandy loams are best but is not fussy about soil and grows in coarse sands and gravels, loamy sands, medium loams, and even pure sand; moderately acid to circumneutral pH.", "status": "source_prose_not_numeric_fit_input"}, {"source_id": "ut:5269", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/flowers/common-name/adams-needle-bear-grass/", "source_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "native_region_text": "Native Region: Scattered lightly statewide except absent in northeast corner of Tennessee", "conditions_text": "Full to part sun, moderately dry to dry moisture level, prefers sandy soil but accepts loam or heavy clay, circumneutral pH. 1-2 feet height with a 4 foot flower spike, blooms in early summer, white flowers, spreads by seeds and through underground root system to form small clumps.", "status": "source_prose_not_numeric_fit_input"}], "shared_evidence_reference": {"nc_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "nc_record_path": "/nc/yucca-filamentosa.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:439", "county:47003", "county:47011", "county:47013", "county:47017", "county:47025", "county:47041", "county:47049", "county:47051", "county:47055", "county:47065", "county:47073", "county:47091", "county:47109", "county:47115", "county:47117", "county:47119", "county:47129", "county:47131", "county:47139", "county:47141", "county:47145", "county:47149", "county:47151", "county:47153", "county:47161", "county:47165", "county:47171", "county:47175", "county:47177", "county:47179", "county:47185", "ut:5269", "ut:6638"]}, "native_synthesis": {"status": "native_supported", "label": "Native to Tennessee (state-specific source)", "claims": [{"source": "UT Tennessee Smart Yards native-plant guide", "scope": "TN", "claim": "native", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/shrubs-2/scientific-name/adamsneedle-yucca/", "text": "Native Region: Lightly scattered statewide", "basis": "species-specific page in a state-specific native collection"}, {"source": "UT Tennessee Smart Yards native-plant guide", "scope": "TN", "claim": "native", "url": "https://tynnativeplants.wordpress.com/flowers/common-name/adams-needle-bear-grass/", "text": "Native Region: Scattered lightly statewide except absent in northeast corner of Tennessee", "basis": "species-specific page in a state-specific native collection"}, {"source": "NC vascular flora", "scope": "NC", "claim": "native", "matched_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}, {"source": "USDA PLANTS", "scope": "L48", "claim": "native", "matched_name": "Yucca filamentosa", "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/439"}], "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": 46, "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": "Yucca filamentosa", "basis": "approved shared identity", "growth_habit_source": "USDA PLANTS"}, "factors": {"raw": {"caterpillars": 12, "bees": 1, "specialists": 0, "birds": 1, "structure": ["Forb/herb", "Shrub", "Subshrub"], "genus_used": null}, "pct": {"caterpillars": 0.8008684863523573, "bees": 0.5272952853598015, "specialists": 0.4323821339950372, "birds": 0.6643920595533499, "structure": 0.75}, "composite": 0.672, "rank_pct": 0.537, "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": "unknown", "recorded_names": [], "recorded_name_count": null, "flower_visits": [], "seed_interactions": [], "credit": 0}, "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": "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": 0, "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": 51, "applied_insect_credit": 0}, "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"}}}