{"assessment":{"band":"Modest","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Paronychia montana"},"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":null,"specialists":0,"structure":["Forb/herb"]}},"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":"S4"},"source_ids":["lep_va","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:59328bd81daceecbd6bf9811220642474bcdadde1440e1489ff49845a33a49bc","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:be5da309d1288854183ccf4ed9c489f4132628c133e68ffc9dd12d1b171cb5a9","levels":[0,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,3],"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":["Forb/herb"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["51003","51005","51009","51015","51017","51021","51023","51045","51063","51069","51077","51091","51113","51121","51155","51157","51161","51163","51165","51171","51187","51197"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["51003","51005","51009","51015","51017","51021","51023","51045","51063","51069","51077","51091","51113","51121","51155","51157","51161","51163","51165","51171","51187","51197"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"va_atlas","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"N","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2435"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","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":4259,"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":"Paronychia montana","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S4","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147406/Paronychia_montana"}],"native_explanation":"Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","native_provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"va_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["va_atlas:VA:2435"],"source_name":"Paronychia montana","source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2435","state_rank":"S4"},"source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2435","state_rank":{"value":"S4"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[0,3],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"fit_record":{"band":"Modest","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:59328bd81daceecbd6bf9811220642474bcdadde1440e1489ff49845a33a49bc","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:be5da309d1288854183ccf4ed9c489f4132628c133e68ffc9dd12d1b171cb5a9","levels":[0,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,3],"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":["51003","51005","51009","51015","51017","51021","51023","51045","51063","51069","51077","51091","51113","51121","51155","51157","51161","51163","51165","51171","51187","51197"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[0,3],"ph":null},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"light":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","moisture":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":8,"state":"VA"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Paronychia montana","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":"Paronychia montana","source_record_id":4259,"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":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":"C. Pennsylvania (and Ohio?) south through w. Virginia and e. West Virginia to a few localities in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Jun-Oct."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= K1, K4, NS, Va, Chaudhri (1968); = Anychiastrum montanum Small — S; = Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald var. pumila (Alph.Wood) Fernald — C, F, FNA5, G, Pa, POWO; Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald — RAB, W]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":8},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Dry","Moist"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_mt,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"rad","Attr14":"5","Attr15":"gr,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSN","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-11","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"glb,pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4259,"source_table":"Organism","value":"June to October"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"June to October","geographic_range_description":"C. Pennsylvania (and Ohio?) south through w. Virginia and e. West Virginia to a few localities in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_mt,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"rad","Attr14":"5","Attr15":"gr,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSN","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-11","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"glb,pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in"},"habitat_description":"Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Dry","Moist"],"heliophily_index":8,"phenology_source_text":"Jun-Oct.","taxonomic_synonymy":"[= K1, K4, NS, Va, Chaudhri (1968); = Anychiastrum montanum Small — S; = Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald var. pumila (Alph.Wood) Fernald — C, F, FNA5, G, Pa, POWO; Paronychia fastigiata (Raf.) Fernald — RAB, W]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Paronychia montana","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:11:41.091806+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":"2133cdc7fafb5b14e44ed2df4608525a97330dda81d72889acff6c9d142a1595","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAMO7","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Paronychia montana","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:bc97088f2c8006bf2562d4749f8e27eacd1b54be1cdc582c189e1e8ff566fecf","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:41.091806+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":"Paronychia montana","source_sha256":"2133cdc7fafb5b14e44ed2df4608525a97330dda81d72889acff6c9d142a1595","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAMO7","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:e8fc70a3-835e-5217-9d1e-bc46b2e1e03c","value":["White","Green","Brown"]},{"expected_source_name":"Paronychia montana","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:be499eee9a1d3de0c61eed0cf0fad629bd95cc82553452b1cebc2aad2c529362","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:41.091806+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":"Paronychia montana","source_sha256":"2133cdc7fafb5b14e44ed2df4608525a97330dda81d72889acff6c9d142a1595","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAMO7","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:e8fc70a3-835e-5217-9d1e-bc46b2e1e03c","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":1,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Paronychia montana","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:cb6b49219e3a9575f3a86d07d688cc21320e28390f802687c6bafa6212dbc18e","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:11:41.091806+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":"Paronychia montana","source_sha256":"2133cdc7fafb5b14e44ed2df4608525a97330dda81d72889acff6c9d142a1595","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAMO7","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:e8fc70a3-835e-5217-9d1e-bc46b2e1e03c","value":["Annual"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["White","Green","Brown"],"height_description":"Up to about 1 feet","life_cycle":["Annual"]}}},"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":"Paronychia montana","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=2435"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Paronychia montana","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":4259,"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":"Paronychia montana","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S4","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147406/Paronychia_montana"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"va_atlas","explanation":"Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. 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":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"va_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Paronychia montana","taxon_id":"taxon:e8fc70a3-835e-5217-9d1e-bc46b2e1e03c","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[]}