{
 "scientific_name": "Chamaecrista nictitans",
 "common_name": "Sensitive Partridge-pea",
 "family": "Fabaceae",
 "genus": "Chamaecrista",
 "slug": "chamaecrista-nictitans",
 "region": "North Carolina",
 "also_known_as": [
  "Cassia nictitans"
 ],
 "nc_state_rank": "S5",
 "nc_status": null,
 "invasive_rank": null,
 "caterpillar_species_on_genus_nc": 16,
 "single_host_specialists_on_genus_nc": 1,
 "genus_percentile_among_nc_natives": 0.839,
 "wetland_indicator": "FACU",
 "wetland_indicator_listed": true,
 "ph_range": null,
 "factors_measured": [
  "caterpillars",
  "bees",
  "specialists",
  "birds",
  "structure"
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "Vascular Plants of North Carolina, plant list export 2026-09-01 (LeGrand, Sorrie & Howard)",
   "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"
  },
  {
   "name": "Penn & Crist 2018, ant\u2013seed interactions; USA/Canada observations",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4377"
  },
  {
   "name": "Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.160796"
  },
  {
   "name": "Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18303036"
  },
  {
   "name": "Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14226492"
  },
  {
   "name": "Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)",
   "url": "https://github.com/hurlbertlab/dietdatabase"
  },
  {
   "name": "USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, growth habit (public domain)",
   "url": "https://plants.usda.gov/"
  },
  {
   "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"
  },
  {
   "name": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Wetland Plant List 2022, Eastern Mountains & Piedmont",
   "url": "https://wetland-plants.sec.usace.army.mil/"
  },
  {
   "name": "USDA NRCS PLANTS Database",
   "url": "https://plants.usda.gov/"
  }
 ],
 "insect_support": {
  "version": "insect-support-1",
  "groups": {
   "ants": {
    "label": "Ants",
    "status": "recorded",
    "recorded_names": [
     "Pogonomyrmex badius",
     "Pogonomyrmex barbatus"
    ],
    "recorded_name_count": 2,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [
     {
      "animal": "Pogonomyrmex barbatus",
      "source_plant": "Chamaecrista nictitans",
      "country": "USA",
      "outcomes": [
       "pred"
      ],
      "row_id": 1746,
      "reference_id": 274,
      "reference": {
       "Unique ID (id)": 1746,
       "Reference ID (refid)": 274,
       "First Author": "Gordon",
       "Year": 1993,
       "Journal": "Oecologia",
       "Volume": 95,
       "Pages": "479-487"
      },
      "species_resolved": true,
      "dataset": "Penn & Crist 2018",
      "doi": "10.1002/ece3.4377"
     },
     {
      "animal": "Pogonomyrmex badius",
      "source_plant": "Chamaecrista nictitans",
      "country": "USA",
      "outcomes": [
       "pred"
      ],
      "row_id": 7702,
      "reference_id": 724,
      "reference": {
       "Unique ID (id)": 7702,
       "Reference ID (refid)": 724,
       "First Author": "Tschinkel",
       "Year": 2017,
       "Journal": "Plos ONE",
       "Volume": 12,
       "Pages": "e0171419"
      },
      "species_resolved": true,
      "dataset": "Penn & Crist 2018",
      "doi": "10.1002/ece3.4377"
     }
    ],
    "credit": 1
   },
   "beetles": {
    "label": "Beetles",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "flies": {
    "label": "Flies",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "moths_butterflies": {
    "label": "Adult butterflies / moths",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "other_hymenoptera": {
    "label": "Other wasps",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "other_insects": {
    "label": "Other insects",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   }
  },
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  "maximum_credit": 5,
  "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."
 },
 "baseline_genus_score": 67,
 "insect_credit_applied": 1,
 "quercus_score": 68,
 "band": "Strong",
 "verdict": null,
 "genus_score": 68,
 "abundance_adjustment": 0,
 "factors": {
  "caterpillars": {
   "value": 16,
   "percentile": 0.844
  },
  "bees": {
   "value": 24,
   "percentile": 0.924
  },
  "specialists": {
   "value": 0,
   "percentile": 0.432
  },
  "birds": {
   "value": 2,
   "percentile": 0.748
  },
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   "value": [
    "Forb/herb",
    "Subshrub"
   ],
   "percentile": 0.5
  }
 },
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 "specialist_bees_on_genus": 0,
 "birds_on_genus_na": 2,
 "growth_habit": [
  "Forb/herb",
  "Subshrub"
 ],
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 "reason": "Native. The Chamaecrista (Cassia in the source data) genus feeds 16 caterpillar species in NC, draws 24 bee species in the Southeast; 2 bird species have recorded feeding interactions with this genus in North America. Strong for bees. Includes +1 provisional points for additional documented insect groups.",
 "confidence": "5 of 5 factor datasets used; missing records do not prove absence (genus-level)",
 "moisture": "usually drier ground",
 "light_range": null,
 "light_source": null,
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  "Alamance",
  "Alexander",
  "Alleghany",
  "Anson",
  "Avery",
  "Beaufort",
  "Bertie",
  "Bladen",
  "Brunswick",
  "Buncombe",
  "Burke",
  "Cabarrus",
  "Caldwell",
  "Camden",
  "Carteret",
  "Caswell",
  "Catawba",
  "Chatham",
  "Cherokee",
  "Chowan",
  "Clay",
  "Cleveland",
  "Columbus",
  "Cumberland",
  "Currituck",
  "Dare",
  "Davidson",
  "Duplin",
  "Durham",
  "Edgecombe",
  "Forsyth",
  "Gaston",
  "Gates",
  "Graham",
  "Granville",
  "Greene",
  "Guilford",
  "Harnett",
  "Haywood",
  "Henderson",
  "Hertford",
  "Hoke",
  "Hyde",
  "Iredell",
  "Jackson",
  "Johnston",
  "Jones",
  "Lee",
  "Lenoir",
  "Lincoln",
  "Macon",
  "Madison",
  "Martin",
  "McDowell",
  "Mecklenburg",
  "Mitchell",
  "Montgomery",
  "Moore",
  "Nash",
  "New Hanover",
  "Northampton",
  "Onslow",
  "Orange",
  "Pasquotank",
  "Pender",
  "Perquimans",
  "Person",
  "Pitt",
  "Polk",
  "Randolph",
  "Richmond",
  "Robeson",
  "Rockingham",
  "Rowan",
  "Rutherford",
  "Sampson",
  "Scotland",
  "Stanly",
  "Stokes",
  "Surry",
  "Swain",
  "Transylvania",
  "Union",
  "Vance",
  "Wake",
  "Warren",
  "Watauga",
  "Wayne",
  "Wilkes",
  "Wilson",
  "Yadkin",
  "Yancey"
 ],
 "fit_inputs": {
  "light": null,
  "moisture": [
   1,
   2
  ],
  "ph": null
 },
 "fit_status": "not_assessed",
 "hardiness_guidance": null,
 "fit_note": "Yard fit has not been assessed. County occurrences and condition proxies are not proof of local nativity or suitability.",
 "fit_provenance": {
  "counties": "USDA PLANTS: recorded in 92 NC counties",
  "moisture": "USACE wetland occurrence proxy"
 },
 "factor_evidence": {
  "caterpillars": "records_present",
  "bees": "records_present",
  "specialists": "no_records_or_unknown",
  "birds": "records_present",
  "structure": "records_present"
 },
 "nc_provinces": [
  "Coastal Plain",
  "Mountains",
  "Piedmont"
 ],
 "search_terms": [
  "Cassia nictitans",
  "Sensitive Partridge pea"
 ],
 "display_count_scales": {
  "caterpillars": 496,
  "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
 },
 "version": "0.6.4",
 "built": "2026-09-24"
}