{"assessment":{"band":"Modest","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Mnesithea rugosa"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Virginia 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":0,"baseline_score":8,"composite":0.272,"insect_support":{"credit":0,"groups":{"ants":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Ants","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"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":0.24379652605459057,"birds":0.303970223325062,"caterpillars":0.17307692307692307,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.031,"raw":{"bees":0,"birds":0,"caterpillars":0,"genus_used":["Mnesithea","Coelorachis","Manisuris"],"specialists":0,"structure":["Graminoid"]}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_supported","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 Virginia host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Virginia percentile","score":8,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S1"},"source_ids":["lep_va","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:8cc063db2ae6ea0eb44f56363d138417284c18dc7e5fe471ced7d113d3dbe415","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:ccccbc193b89a9790f24fcaf13115f9546f0b6e20934ee55223317d1af51adc0","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"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":["Graminoid"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["51183"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["51183"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"va_heritage","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"N","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471"},{"basis":"exact taxon in the state heritage program list of native plants","claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"va_heritage","srank":"S1","url":"https://dcr.am.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/plantlist-current.pdf"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Coelorachis rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Manisuris rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","text":"S. New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","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 Northern Tier edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":1878,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Coelorachis rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S1","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148733/Coelorachis_rugosa"}],"native_explanation":"Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list (government agency, state claim) gives the value. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","native_provenance":{"flags":[],"source":"va_heritage","specificity":"state","tier":"government"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["va_atlas:VA:1471"],"source_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas","va_heritage"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471","state_rank":"S1"},"source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas","va_heritage"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471","state_rank":{"value":"S1"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":[5,7]},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 4 NC counties","light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"fit_record":{"band":"Modest","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:8cc063db2ae6ea0eb44f56363d138417284c18dc7e5fe471ced7d113d3dbe415","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:ccccbc193b89a9790f24fcaf13115f9546f0b6e20934ee55223317d1af51adc0","levels":[3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[3,4],"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":["13069","13155","13191","37051","37085","37093","37155","45009","45011","45015","45019","45027","45035","45041","45043","45049","45053","45061","45089","47031","51183"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":[5,7]},"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 4 NC counties","light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","ph":"USDA PLANTS"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":true,"flags":[{"code":"conservation_caution","default_excluded":true,"label":"Rare or protected plant","message":"Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions.","records":[{"name":"Mnesithea rugosa","rank":"S1","source":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471","state":"VA"}],"source":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":8,"state":"VA"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":true,"flags":[{"code":"conservation_caution","default_excluded":true,"label":"Rare or protected plant","message":"Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions.","records":[{"name":"Mnesithea rugosa","rank":"S1","source":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471","state":"VA"}],"source":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471"}],"review_status":"reviewed","suggestions_excluded":true},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","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":"Mnesithea rugosa","source_record_id":1878,"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":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Limesink ponds (dolines), depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, marl prairies, disturbed areas (such as seeps in powerline rights-of-way), always in places with a seasonally high water-table."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"S. New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May-Oct."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= FlGr, Veldkamp, de Koning, & Sosef (1986); = Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash — Ar, C, ETx1, FNA25, K1, K4, NS, Va, WH3; = Manisuris rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze — F, G, GW1, HC, RAB, S, Tat, Tx; = Rottboellia rugosa Nuttall — POWO; > Manisuris chapmanii (Hack.) Nash — S13; > Manisuris rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze — S13]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":8},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"FACW"}]},{"field":"wetland_source_note","source_column":"WetlandNote","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"name change"},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Moist","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr03","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"no","Attr11":"g,p","Attr12":"mh","Attr13":"3Bw14,3Bw7","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 4-11","Attr5":"h","Attr6":"le,mo","Attr7":"f,t","Attr8":"1,mo","Attr9":"g,p"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":1878,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May to October"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"May to October","geographic_range_description":"S. New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr03","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"no","Attr11":"g,p","Attr12":"mh","Attr13":"3Bw14,3Bw7","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 4-11","Attr5":"h","Attr6":"le,mo","Attr7":"f,t","Attr8":"1,mo","Attr9":"g,p"},"habitat_description":"Limesink ponds (dolines), depression meadows, clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, marl prairies, disturbed areas (such as seeps in powerline rights-of-way), always in places with a seasonally high water-table.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Moist","Wet"],"heliophily_index":8,"phenology_source_text":"May-Oct.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"FACW"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= FlGr, Veldkamp, de Koning, & Sosef (1986); = Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash — Ar, C, ETx1, FNA25, K1, K4, NS, Va, WH3; = Manisuris rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze — F, G, GW1, HC, RAB, S, Tat, Tx; = Rottboellia rugosa Nuttall — POWO; > Manisuris chapmanii (Hack.) Nash — S13; > Manisuris rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze — S13]","wetland_source_note":"name change"}},"usda":{"matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","retrieved":"2026-09-24","scope":"Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary","source_label":"USDA PLANTS","source_url":"https://plants.usda.gov/","usda_id":21386,"values":{"bloom_season":"Late Summer","flower_color":"White","foliage_color":"Green","fruit_season_begin":"Fall","fruit_season_end":"Fall","growth_architecture":"Bunch","growth_rate":"Moderate","height_ft":2,"leaf_retention":"No"}}},"light_range":["part shade","full sun"],"light_source":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","flag":"N","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=1471"},{"basis":"exact taxon in the state heritage program list of native plants","claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"va_heritage","srank":"S1","url":"https://dcr.am.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/document/plantlist-current.pdf"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Coelorachis rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Manisuris rugosa","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","text":"S. New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","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 Northern Tier edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":1878,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"native","matched_name":"Coelorachis rugosa","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S1","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148733/Coelorachis_rugosa"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"va_heritage","explanation":"Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list (government agency, state claim) gives the value. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","label":"Native to Virginia (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":[],"source":"va_heritage","specificity":"state","tier":"government"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Mnesithea rugosa","taxon_id":"taxon:0a6d2d83-9875-5047-8580-b17f0694ab3b","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[]}