{
 "scientific_name": "Coreopsis aristulata",
 "common_name": "Short-awn Tickseed",
 "family": "Asteraceae",
 "genus": "Coreopsis",
 "slug": "coreopsis-aristulata",
 "region": "North Carolina",
 "also_known_as": null,
 "nc_state_rank": "S1",
 "nc_status": "T",
 "invasive_rank": null,
 "caterpillar_species_on_genus_nc": 6,
 "single_host_specialists_on_genus_nc": 0,
 "genus_percentile_among_nc_natives": 0.676,
 "wetland_indicator": null,
 "wetland_indicator_listed": false,
 "ph_range": null,
 "factors_measured": [
  "caterpillars",
  "bees",
  "specialists",
  "birds"
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "Vascular Plants of North Carolina, plant list export 2026-09-01 (LeGrand, Sorrie & Howard)",
   "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"
  },
  {
   "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": "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/"
  }
 ],
 "insect_support": {
  "version": "insect-support-1",
  "groups": {
   "ants": {
    "label": "Ants",
    "status": "unknown",
    "recorded_names": [],
    "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": "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
   }
  },
  "credit": 0,
  "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": 68,
 "insect_credit_applied": 0,
 "quercus_score": 58,
 "band": "Strong",
 "verdict": "Rare in NC: buy nursery-propagated plants only",
 "genus_score": 68,
 "abundance_adjustment": -10,
 "factors": {
  "caterpillars": {
   "value": 6,
   "percentile": 0.695
  },
  "bees": {
   "value": 46,
   "percentile": 0.974
  },
  "specialists": {
   "value": 15,
   "percentile": 0.989
  },
  "birds": {
   "value": 0,
   "percentile": 0.304
  }
 },
 "bees_on_genus_se": 46,
 "specialist_bees_on_genus": 15,
 "birds_on_genus_na": 0,
 "growth_habit": null,
 "observed_caterpillars_nc": null,
 "reason": "Native. The Coreopsis genus feeds 6 caterpillar species in NC, draws 46 bee species in the Southeast, including 15 pollen-specialist bee species that depend on it,; no bird feeding interactions are recorded for this genus in the North American dataset. Strong for bees and specialist bees. Few records for birds. Adjusted -10 because this species is less common in NC than others in its genus.",
 "confidence": "4 of 5 factor datasets used; missing records do not prove absence (genus-level)",
 "moisture": "unknown: no matched wetland indicator",
 "light_range": null,
 "light_source": null,
 "nc_counties_recorded": null,
 "nc_counties": null,
 "fit_inputs": {
  "light": null,
  "moisture": null,
  "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": {
  "moisture": "unknown: no matched indicator"
 },
 "factor_evidence": {
  "caterpillars": "records_present",
  "bees": "records_present",
  "specialists": "records_present",
  "birds": "no_records_or_unknown"
 },
 "nc_provinces": null,
 "search_terms": [
  "Short awn Tickseed"
 ],
 "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"
}