{
 "scientific_name": "Urochloa texana",
 "common_name": "Texas Signal-grass",
 "family": "Poaceae",
 "genus": "Urochloa",
 "slug": "urochloa-texana",
 "region": "North Carolina",
 "also_known_as": [
  "Brachiaria texana",
  "Panicum texanum"
 ],
 "nc_state_rank": "SE",
 "nc_status": null,
 "invasive_rank": null,
 "caterpillar_species_on_genus_nc": 26,
 "single_host_specialists_on_genus_nc": 1,
 "genus_percentile_among_nc_natives": 0.886,
 "wetland_indicator": null,
 "wetland_indicator_listed": false,
 "ph_range": null,
 "factors_measured": [],
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "Vascular Plants of North Carolina, plant list export 2026-09-01 (LeGrand, Sorrie & Howard)",
   "url": "https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"
  },
  {
   "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/"
  }
 ],
 "quercus_score": null,
 "band": "Not native",
 "verdict": "Caution: escapes cultivation in NC",
 "observed_caterpillars_nc": null,
 "reason": "Not native to North Carolina. Not on the invasive list, but recorded growing wild here.",
 "confidence": "not scored",
 "moisture": "unknown: no matched wetland indicator",
 "light_range": [
  "part sun",
  "full sun"
 ],
 "light_source": "genus estimate: all 2 Urochloa species with light data agree (coarse)",
 "nc_counties_recorded": null,
 "nc_counties": null,
 "fit_inputs": {
  "light": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "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": {
  "light": "genus estimate: all 2 Urochloa species with light data agree (coarse)",
  "moisture": "unknown: no matched indicator"
 },
 "factor_evidence": {},
 "nc_provinces": null,
 "search_terms": [
  "Brachiaria texana",
  "Panicum texanum",
  "Texas Signal grass",
  "panicgrass"
 ],
 "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"
}