{"assessment":{"band":"Modest","factor_identity":{"basis":"source accepted identity; genus-level evidence","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Equisetum × ferrissii"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established West 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":12,"composite":0.313,"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":0.9013647642679901,"caterpillars":0.17307692307692307,"specialists":0.4323821339950372},"rank_pct":0.078,"raw":{"bees":0,"birds":8,"caterpillars":0,"genus_used":["Equisetum","E."],"specialists":0,"structure":null}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_inferred","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 West Virginia host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a West Virginia percentile","score":12,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"SNA"},"source_ids":["lep_wv","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":null,"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_inferred"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":[],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":[],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"regional_source","native_decided_by":"floraquest_northern_tier","native_evidence":[{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Equisetum ferrissii","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":91,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"native_explanation":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition (published flora, regional claim) gives the value.","native_provenance":{"flags":["filled_down","broader_scope"],"source":"floraquest_northern_tier","specificity":"regional","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_inferred","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["natureserve_explorer:WV:ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152225"],"source_name":"Equisetum × ferrissii","source_refs":["natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152225","state_rank":"SNA"},"source_refs":["natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152225","state_rank":{"value":"SNA"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":null,"moisture":null,"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"moisture":"unknown: no matched indicator"},"fit_record":{"band":"Modest","condition_evidence":{},"county_fips":["05003","05005","05007","05011","05013","05015","05017","05019","05021","05023","05025","05027","05029","05031","05033","05035","05037","05039","05041","05043","05045","05047","05049","05051","05053","05055","05057","05059","05061","05065","05067","05071","05073","05075","05077","05079","05081","05083","05085","05087","05091","05093","05095","05097","05099","05103","05105","05107","05109","05111","05115","05117","05119","05121","05123","05125","05127","05129","05131","05133","05135","05137","05139","05141","05145","05147","05149","21165","21197","22017","22051","22063","22069","22077","22089","22097","22099","22125","47019","47179","47185"],"fit_inputs":{"light":null,"moisture":null,"ph":null},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"moisture":"unknown: no matched indicator"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":12,"state":"WV"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{},"native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Equisetum ferrissii","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":91,"scope":"DC-DE-IL-IN-KY-MD-NJ-NY-OH-PA-VA-WV","source":"floraquest_northern_tier","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"floraquest_northern_tier","explanation":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition (published flora, regional claim) gives the value.","label":"Native to West Virginia (estimated from a regional flora)","provenance":{"flags":["filled_down","broader_scope"],"source":"floraquest_northern_tier","specificity":"regional","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_inferred"},"source_name":"Equisetum × ferrissii","taxon_id":"taxon:714e52e4-640c-5c3d-87e1-14fd27ecd181","revision":"publish:f2de6da8-f471-4e00-9764-867fe876fcce","photos":[]}