{"assessment":{"band":"Not scored","fit_score":null,"native_basis":"conflicting_sources","rarity_adjustment":null,"rarity_policy":"Conservation status is displayed separately and never changes ecological scores, including when unranked.","reason":"Native classification is missing or conflicting in the available sources.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a West Virginia percentile","score":null,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":null,"state_rank":"SNA"},"status":"native_status_unresolved","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:a2099e20748a23f485d5b3c94b11dbe3308896fb2f75b87cc64cf55051c203f2","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"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:904d74fb979fd8127d7b08401d26c4a5f3fb170260a61464b0d147e9ab2098b0","levels":[0,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,4],"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","Subshrub"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"conflicting_sources"},"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":null,"native_basis":"natureserve_vs_explicit_claim","native_decided_by":"natureserve_explorer","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","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":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"introduced","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"WV","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"SNA","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141268/Suaeda_linearis"}],"native_explanation":"NatureServe Explorer calls it introduced here, against USDA PLANTS, Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), so it is held for review. 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":"natureserve_explorer","specificity":"state","tier":"organization"},"native_review":"natureserve_vs_explicit_claim","native_status":"conflicting_sources","package_native_status":"conflicting_sources","source_ids":["natureserve_explorer:WV:ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141268"],"source_name":"Suaeda linearis","source_refs":["natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141268","state_rank":"SNA"},"source_refs":["natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141268","state_rank":{"value":"SNA"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[0,4],"ph":null},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 5 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":"Not scored","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:a2099e20748a23f485d5b3c94b11dbe3308896fb2f75b87cc64cf55051c203f2","levels":[4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[4,4],"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:904d74fb979fd8127d7b08401d26c4a5f3fb170260a61464b0d147e9ab2098b0","levels":[0,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[0,4],"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","01097","12009","12015","12017","12021","12031","12037","12045","12053","12057","12061","12071","12075","12081","12085","12086","12087","12089","12099","12101","12103","12109","12115","12123","12127","12129","13127","13191","22019","22023","22051","22057","22067","22075","22087","22109","28045","28047","28059","37019","37031","37055","37129","37133","45013","45019","45043","45051","45053","51001","51073","51099","51115","51119","51131","51193","51199","51550","51650","51710","51740"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[4,4],"moisture":[0,4],"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 5 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":false,"quercus_score":null,"state":"WV"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","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":"Suaeda linearis","source_record_id":4411,"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":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Island-end flats, marsh edges, brackish flats, shell deposits, rarely adventive inland in disturbed areas."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Maine south to Florida, west to Texas, and south to s. Mexico (Yucatan); West Indies."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Aug-Dec."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= Bah, C, F, FNA4, G, GW2, K1, K4, Mex, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Hopkins & Blackwell (1977), Judd & Ferguson (1999); = Dondia linearis (Elliott) A.Heller — S, S13]"},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":9},{"field":"regional_wetland_indicators","source_column":"WetlandStatus1..5","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}]},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Dry","Moist","Wet"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"nd,rad","Attr14":"nd","Attr15":"gr,nd,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSN","Attr2":"Dry,Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,","Attr4":" 7-1","Attr5":"er,pr","Attr6":"glb","Attr7":"alt,opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in,nr"}},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4411,"source_table":"Organism","value":"August to December"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"August to December","geographic_range_description":"Maine south to Florida, west to Texas, and south to s. Mexico (Yucatan); West Indies.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,sc_cp,ga_cp,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"nd,rad","Attr14":"nd","Attr15":"gr,nd,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSN","Attr2":"Dry,Moist,Wet","Attr3":"Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_ga_cp:y,","Attr4":" 7-1","Attr5":"er,pr","Attr6":"glb","Attr7":"alt,opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in,nr"},"habitat_description":"Island-end flats, marsh edges, brackish flats, shell deposits, rarely adventive inland in disturbed areas.","habitat_light_categories":["Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Dry","Moist","Wet"],"heliophily_index":9,"phenology_source_text":"Aug-Dec.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"OBL"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= Bah, C, F, FNA4, G, GW2, K1, K4, Mex, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Hopkins & Blackwell (1977), Judd & Ferguson (1999); = Dondia linearis (Elliott) A.Heller — S, S13]"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","retrieved":"2026-10-05T20:12:14.124211+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":"268172f03186ee6b701c616a4614e651bb80b85361ae553a52da90c449a4053b","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SULI","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Suaeda linearis","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:53d9319001ea53360f3431db72feb33f20e9032ba5fa8c6aebe33a5ecf04107b","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:12:14.124211+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":"Suaeda linearis","source_sha256":"268172f03186ee6b701c616a4614e651bb80b85361ae553a52da90c449a4053b","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SULI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:a670dc9e-fbe3-5bc0-8005-ed0c2b0bfef5","value":["Annual","Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Suaeda linearis","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:ade5237f09b4c0de187b69035e0603609d8c28a22502929e99ea3a5163e730ee","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:12:14.124211+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":"Suaeda linearis","source_sha256":"268172f03186ee6b701c616a4614e651bb80b85361ae553a52da90c449a4053b","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SULI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:a670dc9e-fbe3-5bc0-8005-ed0c2b0bfef5","value":["Red","Pink","Orange"]},{"expected_source_name":"Suaeda linearis","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:e9c8a3eecf1209c57a1a16c889bbac1be48e5fc09e9c098a812eb891f31974d5","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T20:12:14.124211+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":"Suaeda linearis","source_sha256":"268172f03186ee6b701c616a4614e651bb80b85361ae553a52da90c449a4053b","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SULI","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:a670dc9e-fbe3-5bc0-8005-ed0c2b0bfef5","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":3,"unit":"feet"}}],"values":{"flower_color":["Red","Pink","Orange"],"height_description":"Up to about 3 feet","life_cycle":["Annual","Perennial"]}}},"light_range":["full sun","full sun"],"light_source":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","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":"NatureServe subnational native or exotic flag for this state","claim":"introduced","matched_name":"Suaeda linearis","scope":"WV","source":"natureserve_explorer","srank":"SNA","url":"https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141268/Suaeda_linearis"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"natureserve_explorer","explanation":"NatureServe Explorer calls it introduced here, against USDA PLANTS, Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), so it is held for review. Speaks for its own area (NC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program).","label":"Native status: sources disagree, under review","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"natureserve_explorer","specificity":"state","tier":"organization"},"review":"natureserve_vs_explicit_claim","rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"conflicting_sources"},"source_name":"Suaeda linearis","taxon_id":"taxon:a670dc9e-fbe3-5bc0-8005-ed0c2b0bfef5","revision":"publish:d412fcf4-883a-4c06-b542-542693807821","photos":[{"id":"suaeda-linearis-66909069","src":"/api/photos/image/a0656b85be74fba310c4183c7d069b193a35735f81cabd41d37edfb3dc17949c.jpg","view":"whole","alt":"Suaeda linearis — whole photograph","width":960,"height":627,"artist":"Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project","license":"CC BY 2.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0","source_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suaeda_linearis._Hermaphrodite._Inagua._(27093949319).jpg","changes":"Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching","kind":"photo"}]}