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   "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"
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   "url": "https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.160796"
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   "name": "Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0",
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   "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14226492"
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   "url": "https://plants.usda.gov/"
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   "name": "Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19565-4"
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   "url": "https://wetland-plants.sec.usace.army.mil/"
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   "name": "USDA NRCS PLANTS Database",
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      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
      "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.",
      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Exetastes suaveolens",
      "group": "other_hymenoptera",
      "source_plant": "Bidens aristosa",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
      "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.",
      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Pseudoplisus divisus",
      "group": "other_hymenoptera",
      "source_plant": "Bidens aristosa",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
      "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.",
      "pollination_confirmed": false
     }
    ],
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    "credit": 1
   },
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    ],
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     {
      "animal": "Euschistus variolarius",
      "group": "other_insects",
      "source_plant": "Bidens aristosa",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
      "reference": "Robertson, C. 1929. Flowers and insects: lists of visitors to four hundred and fifty-three flowers. Carlinville, IL, USA, C. Robertson.",
      "pollination_confirmed": false
     }
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    "credit": 0
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 },
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   "percentile": 0.872
  },
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   "percentile": 0.993
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 ],
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   7.0
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 "fit_note": "Yard fit has not been assessed. County occurrences and condition proxies are not proof of local nativity or suitability.",
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  "counties": "USDA lumps this with Bidens polylepis; county records not used",
  "ph": "USDA PLANTS",
  "light": "USDA PLANTS shade class 'Medium', read inverted (coarse)",
  "moisture": "USACE wetland occurrence proxy; ; tolerates saturated soil (USDA/Niinemets)"
 },
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  "bees": "records_present",
  "specialists": "records_present",
  "birds": "records_present",
  "structure": "records_present"
 },
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  "bees": 176,
  "specialists": 45,
  "birds": 58,
  "insect_ants": 20,
  "insect_beetles": 12,
  "insect_flies": 74,
  "insect_moths_butterflies": 15,
  "insect_other_hymenoptera": 75,
  "insect_other_insects": 5
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}