{"assessment":{"band":"Good","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Platanthera cristata"},"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":27,"composite":0.512,"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":0.749379652605459,"birds":0.6643920595533499,"caterpillars":0.40260545905707196,"specialists":0.4323821339950372,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.257,"raw":{"bees":7,"birds":1,"caterpillars":1,"genus_used":["Platanthera","Habenaria"],"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":27,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"S3"},"source_ids":["lep_va","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:9d1d50223ba271421e42ec2835eb5ace63e27f6bf69c831c3417260831cf35de","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:817b0c63299c7f459e197a0a6a6cb75028090a4591ab0b46d3a3cc7457384805","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":["Forb/herb"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["51001","51025","51033","51036","51041","51053","51073","51081","51085","51087","51093","51095","51097","51103","51115","51119","51127","51131","51145","51149","51175","51181","51183","51199","51550","51700","51710","51800","51810"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["51001","51025","51033","51036","51041","51053","51073","51081","51085","51087","51093","51095","51097","51103","51115","51119","51127","51131","51145","51149","51175","51181","51183","51199","51550","51700","51710","51800","51810"],"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":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=115"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Habenaria cristata","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names South Carolina","claim":"native","scope":"SC","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Tennessee","claim":"native","scope":"TN","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Kentucky","claim":"native","scope":"KY","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"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":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","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":787,"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":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S3","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160672/Platanthera_cristata"}],"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 (GA-NC-SC, KY, NC, SC, TN), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","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:115"],"source_name":"Platanthera cristata","source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=115","state_rank":"S3"},"source_refs":["gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer","va_atlas"],"source_url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=115","state_rank":{"value":"S3"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 31 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"},"fit_record":{"band":"Good","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:9d1d50223ba271421e42ec2835eb5ace63e27f6bf69c831c3417260831cf35de","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:817b0c63299c7f459e197a0a6a6cb75028090a4591ab0b46d3a3cc7457384805","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":["01003","01007","01015","01027","01035","01039","01041","01043","01045","01051","01053","01055","01061","01071","01079","01081","01087","01091","01093","01097","01101","01109","01111","01113","01123","01125","01129","12001","12003","12007","12013","12019","12023","12029","12031","12033","12035","12037","12039","12045","12057","12059","12063","12073","12077","12079","12081","12083","12089","12091","12095","12101","12107","12109","12113","12125","12129","12131","12133","13019","13027","13031","13145","13185","13261","13275","21147","37013","37017","37019","37031","37047","37049","37051","37061","37073","37083","37085","37089","37091","37095","37101","37103","37105","37117","37125","37127","37129","37133","37141","37147","37153","37155","37163","37165","37177","37187","37195","45003","45011","45015","45019","45027","45029","45031","45035","45043","45049","45051","45053","45061","45063","45075","45079","45089","47007","47049","47051","47061","47107","47109","47115","47127","47141","47175","51001","51025","51033","51036","51041","51053","51073","51081","51085","51087","51093","51095","51097","51103","51115","51119","51127","51131","51145","51149","51175","51181","51183","51199","51550","51700","51710","51800","51810"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[2,4],"moisture":[3,4],"ph":null},"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 31 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"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":27,"state":"VA"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"botanical_review_primary_flower_color":{"matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","review_decision":{"reason":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","sources":["platanthera-cristata--wildflower_center"],"status":"source_recorded","value":"orange"},"review_note":"Single consistent flower-color category across the main reference sources; normalization of existing observations, not a fresh anatomical verification.","review_sources":[{"approved_for_correction":true,"evidence_kind":"existing_structured_source_observation","excerpt":"{\"flower_color\": [\"Orange\"]}","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:02:50.753732+00:00","sha256":"7908fcf0f1f784995b5f69a920116b7b75ae2edba7bcce48f615d0e9fa06ea17","source_record_id":null,"title":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR"}],"review_status":"source_recorded","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR","values":{"primary_flower_color":"orange"}},"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","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":"Platanthera cristata","source_record_id":787,"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":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Pine savannas, bogs, moist roadsides."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Jun-Sep."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA26, K1, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, W, WH3, Brown (2002), Efimov (2016), Luer (1975); = Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. — S, S13; = Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R.Br. — C, F, G, GW1, RAB, Tat, Tx, Correll (1950)]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":7},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Moist","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr06","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,sc_cp,sc_mt,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"bc","Attr11":"tr","Attr12":"6F15,6F22,6F30,6F50,6F80","Attr13":"ye","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-10","Attr5":"6H120,6H23,6H35,6H48,6H68","Attr6":"y","Attr7":"3+","Attr8":"6L11,6L15,6L25,6L8","Attr9":"nl"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":787,"source_table":"Organism","value":"June to September"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"June to September","geographic_range_description":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr06","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,sc_cp,sc_mt,ga_cp,ga_pd,","Attr10":"bc","Attr11":"tr","Attr12":"6F15,6F22,6F30,6F50,6F80","Attr13":"ye","Attr2":"Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Part,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 5-10","Attr5":"6H120,6H23,6H35,6H48,6H68","Attr6":"y","Attr7":"3+","Attr8":"6L11,6L15,6L25,6L8","Attr9":"nl"},"habitat_description":"Pine savannas, bogs, moist roadsides.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Moist","Wet"],"heliophily_index":7,"phenology_source_text":"Jun-Sep.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA26, K1, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, W, WH3, Brown (2002), Efimov (2016), Luer (1975); = Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. — S, S13; = Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R.Br. — C, F, G, GW1, RAB, Tat, Tx, Correll (1950)]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:02:50.753732+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":"7908fcf0f1f784995b5f69a920116b7b75ae2edba7bcce48f615d0e9fa06ea17","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Habenaria cristata","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:3a814c705831af8c234c1af21ef2ed29ad7076f4384a771ddba1d5c343f75353","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:02:50.753732+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":"Platanthera cristata","source_sha256":"7908fcf0f1f784995b5f69a920116b7b75ae2edba7bcce48f615d0e9fa06ea17","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:1be3b30f-a8b6-583d-98a5-047fafb3286a","value":["Orange"]},{"expected_source_name":"Habenaria cristata","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:93c725bb6de44596a5cddd7eef6274c5944db0d3235ece5af585f86079e632df","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:02:50.753732+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":"Platanthera cristata","source_sha256":"7908fcf0f1f784995b5f69a920116b7b75ae2edba7bcce48f615d0e9fa06ea17","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:1be3b30f-a8b6-583d-98a5-047fafb3286a","value":["Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Habenaria cristata","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:a35139014d7e9dd388376de203c9720605e0a4eb1431d16247278c0d1cc7f25d","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:02:50.753732+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":"Platanthera cristata","source_sha256":"7908fcf0f1f784995b5f69a920116b7b75ae2edba7bcce48f615d0e9fa06ea17","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PLCR","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:1be3b30f-a8b6-583d-98a5-047fafb3286a","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":3,"unit":"feet"}}],"values":{"flower_color":["Orange"],"height_description":"Up to about 3 feet","life_cycle":["Perennial"]}}},"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":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"VA","source":"va_atlas","url":"https://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=115"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Habenaria cristata","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names South Carolina","claim":"native","scope":"SC","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Tennessee","claim":"native","scope":"TN","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Kentucky","claim":"native","scope":"KY","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"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":"P. cristata is more limited to the Coastal Plain than the related P. ciliaris , ranging from s. Massachusetts south to Florida and west to e. Texas, and also inland in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, and North Carolina.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Platanthera cristata","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":787,"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":"Platanthera cristata","scope":"VA","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"S3","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160672/Platanthera_cristata"}],"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 (GA-NC-SC, KY, NC, SC, TN), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","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":"Platanthera cristata","taxon_id":"taxon:1be3b30f-a8b6-583d-98a5-047fafb3286a","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[{"id":"platanthera-cristata-24897657","src":"/api/photos/image/4902bbcf40959651554928fda163d6d20cc868f724699fae95a5a45882424078.jpg","view":"bloom","alt":"Platanthera cristata — bloom photograph","width":960,"height":1448,"artist":"Barnes Dr Thomas G, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service","license":"Public domain","license_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Public_domain","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close_up_of_orange_yellow_orchid_blossoms_yellow_crested_orchid_platanthera_cristata.jpg","changes":"Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching","kind":"photo"}]}