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 "scientific_name": "Clematis virginiana",
 "common_name": "Virginia Virgin's-bower",
 "family": "Ranunculaceae",
 "genus": "Clematis",
 "slug": "clematis-virginiana",
 "region": "North Carolina",
 "also_known_as": null,
 "nc_state_rank": "S5",
 "nc_status": null,
 "invasive_rank": null,
 "caterpillar_species_on_genus_nc": 13,
 "single_host_specialists_on_genus_nc": 2,
 "genus_percentile_among_nc_natives": 0.805,
 "wetland_indicator": "FAC",
 "wetland_indicator_listed": true,
 "ph_range": [
  5.0,
  6.8
 ],
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  "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": "Robertson 1929, Illinois flower visitors; GloBI contributor transcription (visits, not confirmed pollination)",
   "url": "https://github.com/millerse/Flowers-and-insects-lists-of-visitors-to-four-hundred-and-fifty-three-flowers"
  },
  {
   "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/"
  }
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    "label": "Ants",
    "status": "unknown",
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    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "beetles": {
    "label": "Beetles",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "recorded_name_count": null,
    "flower_visits": [],
    "seed_interactions": [],
    "credit": 0
   },
   "flies": {
    "label": "Flies",
    "status": "recorded",
    "recorded_names": [
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     "Archytas aterrima",
     "Belvosia unifasciata",
     "Calliphora erythrocephala",
     "Calythea albicincta",
     "Ennyomma globosa",
     "Graphomyia americana",
     "Limnophora narona",
     "Lucilia sericata",
     "Musca domestica",
     "Nemopoda minuta",
     "Phorantha purpurascens",
     "Piophila casei",
     "Protocalliphora splendida",
     "Senotainia trilineata",
     "Sepsis violacea",
     "Siphona geniculata",
     "Sphaerophoria cylindrica",
     "Stratiomyia unilimbata"
    ],
    "recorded_name_count": 19,
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     {
      "animal": "Archytas analis",
      "group": "flies",
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      "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": "Musca domestica",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Archytas aterrima",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Limnophora narona",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Senotainia trilineata",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Sepsis violacea",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Siphona geniculata",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Phorantha purpurascens",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Sphaerophoria cylindrica",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Graphomyia americana",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Lucilia sericata",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Calythea albicincta",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Belvosia unifasciata",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Calliphora erythrocephala",
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      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Ennyomma globosa",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Piophila casei",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Protocalliphora splendida",
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      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
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      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Stratiomyia unilimbata",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Nemopoda minuta",
      "group": "flies",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     }
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    "credit": 1
   },
   "moths_butterflies": {
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    "flower_visits": [],
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    "credit": 0
   },
   "other_hymenoptera": {
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     "Ancistrocerus tigris",
     "Isodontia apicalis",
     "Lindenius errans",
     "Nysson plagiatus",
     "Oxybelus 4-notatus"
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     {
      "animal": "Isodontia apicalis",
      "group": "other_hymenoptera",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
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      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Ancistrocerus tigris",
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      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
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      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
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     {
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      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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     {
      "animal": "Lindenius errans",
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      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "interaction": "flower_visit",
      "location": "Carlinville, Illinois, USA",
      "dataset": "Robertson 1929 / GloBI mirror",
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      "pollination_confirmed": false
     },
     {
      "animal": "Oxybelus 4-notatus",
      "group": "other_hymenoptera",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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": "Nysson plagiatus",
      "group": "other_hymenoptera",
      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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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    "label": "Other insects",
    "status": "recorded",
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     "Lopidea media"
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     {
      "animal": "Lopidea media",
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      "source_plant": "Clematis virginiana",
      "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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  "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."
 },
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   "value": 13,
   "percentile": 0.81
  },
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   "value": 9,
   "percentile": 0.789
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   "value": 0,
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   "value": 0,
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 ],
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 "reason": "Native. The Clematis genus feeds 13 caterpillar species in NC, draws 9 bee species in the Southeast; no bird feeding interactions are recorded for this genus in the North American dataset. Few records for birds. Includes +2 provisional points for additional documented insect groups.",
 "confidence": "5 of 5 factor datasets used; missing records do not prove absence (genus-level)",
 "moisture": "wet or dry ground",
 "light_range": [
  "part shade",
  "full sun"
 ],
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  "Ashe",
  "Avery",
  "Buncombe",
  "Burke",
  "Caldwell",
  "Caswell",
  "Catawba",
  "Cherokee",
  "Clay",
  "Cleveland",
  "Forsyth",
  "Graham",
  "Granville",
  "Guilford",
  "Haywood",
  "Henderson",
  "Iredell",
  "Jackson",
  "Lee",
  "Lincoln",
  "Macon",
  "Madison",
  "McDowell",
  "Mitchell",
  "Onslow",
  "Orange",
  "Person",
  "Polk",
  "Randolph",
  "Rutherford",
  "Stokes",
  "Surry",
  "Swain",
  "Transylvania",
  "Wake",
  "Watauga",
  "Wilkes",
  "Yancey"
 ],
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   4
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   3
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   6.8
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 },
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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.",
 "fit_provenance": {
  "counties": "USDA PLANTS: recorded in 39 NC counties",
  "ph": "USDA PLANTS",
  "light": "USDA PLANTS shade class 'Medium', read inverted (coarse)",
  "moisture": "USACE wetland occurrence proxy"
 },
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  "caterpillars": "records_present",
  "bees": "records_present",
  "specialists": "no_records_or_unknown",
  "birds": "no_records_or_unknown",
  "structure": "records_present"
 },
 "nc_provinces": [
  "Coastal Plain",
  "Mountains",
  "Piedmont"
 ],
 "search_terms": [
  "Virginia Virgin's bower"
 ],
 "display_count_scales": {
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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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}