{"id":"releases/2026-11-13/species/3YNM2.json","kind":"species","format":"species/1.17","provenance":{"release":"2026-11-13","sources":["inaturalist-observations-v2","gbif-occurrence-v2","species-names","inaturalist-photos","usgs-gap-ranges-conus-2001v1","noaa-nclimgrid-daily","us-riis-l48-v2","oh-oda-invasive-plants","oh-odnr-aquatic-invasive","inaturalist-checklist","government-species-lists","census-tiger-2026","census-cartographic-boundaries-2025","resolve-ecoregions-2017","usgs-wbd","census-urban-areas-2020","natural-earth-countries","usgs-annual-nlcd-c1v2-2025","usgs-3dep-1as","usgs-padus-4-1","odnr-lands","census-zcta-county-2020","census-places-2020"],"licences":["CC-BY-4.0","CC-BY-NC-4.0","CC0-1.0"],"gbif_download_dois":["10.15468/dl.8m7c3d","10.15468/dl.y2jkt8"],"method":"seasonal-5","taxonomy":"col-xr-2026-06-19/match-2026-10-20","boundaries":"tiger-2026; census-cb-2025-500k; census-zcta-county-2020; census-places-2020; resolve-ecoregions-2017; usgs-annual-nlcd-c1v2-2025; usgs-3dep-1as; PAD-US 4.1 073747bf4d9b, ODNR Lands 8f5985bbd476, parks list 1.2; WBD HU8 04 1a78c5142bde, 05 d59adb45cc28; census-uac20 dbd0e5786258","ranges":["gap/conus-2001v1"],"protection":{"usfws":"2026-11-03T15:25:11.428Z","ohio":"2026-10"},"code":"414181dce188c3b7397c29608556900ed4e75a41","run":"43333827288"},"data":{"species_key":"3YNM2","scientific_name":"Medicago lupulina","authorship":"L.","common_name":"Black Medick","synonyms":["Lupularia parviflora","Lupulina aurata","Medica lupulina","Medicago apennina","Medicago breviflora","Medicago canescens","Medicago ciliaris","Medicago corymbifera","Medicago cupaniana","Medicago cupaniana var. leiocarpa","Medicago cupianiana","Medicago eriocarpa","Medicago lupulina f. canescens","Medicago lupulina f. corymbosa","Medicago lupulina f. leiocarpa","Medicago lupulina f. polystachya","Medicago lupulina f. stipularis","Medicago lupulina f. subglabra","Medicago lupulina f. unguiculata","Medicago lupulina f. willdenowiana","Medicago lupulina prol. cupaniana","Medicago lupulina prol. cupianiana","Medicago lupulina subsp. cupaniana","Medicago lupulina subsp. cupianiana","Medicago lupulina subsp. eurasiatica","Medicago lupulina subsp. jalasii","Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowiana","Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowii","Medicago lupulina subvar. eriocarpa","Medicago lupulina var. axilis","Medicago lupulina var. canescens","Medicago lupulina var. cinerea","Medicago lupulina var. corymbosa","Medicago lupulina var. cupaniana","Medicago lupulina var. cupianiana","Medicago lupulina var. dzumgalensis","Medicago lupulina var. eriocarpa","Medicago lupulina var. glabra","Medicago lupulina var. glanduligera","Medicago lupulina var. glandulosa","Medicago lupulina var. hispida","Medicago lupulina var. lupulina","Medicago lupulina var. perennans","Medicago lupulina var. polystachya","Medicago lupulina var. scabra","Medicago lupulina var. stipularis","Medicago lupulina var. unguiculata","Medicago lupulina var. vassilczennkoi","Medicago lupulina var. willdenowiana","Medicago lupulina var. willdenowii","Medicago mniocarpa","Medicago reniformis","Medicago revoilii","Medicago revolii","Medicago rigidula var. eriocarpa","Medicago stipularis","Medicago willdenowii","Medicago willdenowii var. retorta","Medicula lupulina","Medicula lupulina subsp. jalasii","Medicula lupulina subsp. willdenowiana","Melilotus lupulinus","Melilotus medicaginoides","Trifolium lupulinum","Trigonella mniocarpa"],"inaturalist_taxon_id":57056,"photo":{"id":"inat-340295701","source":"taxon","sizes":{"card":[320,480,640,800],"thumb":[64,96,128,192]},"credit":"(c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/340295701"},"part_photos":{"flowering":{"id":"inat-37684271","source":"observation","sizes":{"species":[480,768,1152,1536],"card":[320,480,640,800],"thumb":[64,96,128,192]},"credit":"(c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)","licence":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/","url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/37684271"},"fruiting":{"id":"inat-45962556","source":"observation","sizes":{"species":[480,768,1152,1536],"card":[320,480,640,800],"thumb":[64,96,128,192]},"credit":"(c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)","licence":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/","url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/45962556"}},"rank":"species","classification":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":"Tracheophyta","class":"Magnoliopsida","order":"Fabales","family":"Fabaceae","genus":"Medicago"},"group":"flowering-plants","slug":"black-medick","areas":[{"area":"us-oh","level":"state","records":723,"record_dates":465,"latest_month":"2025-11","season":[17,23,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:12","sunset":"20:53","high":26.2,"low":14.4,"midpoint":20.1},"flowering":{"records":124,"season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":14,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":[0,0,1,0,0,0,2,7,24,35,62,91,65,61,83,65,46,49,51,47,27,1,1,1],"months_not_reported":[1],"land_cover":{"records":453,"groups":[{"group":"developed","share":82.1},{"group":"forest","share":9.1},{"group":"farmland","share":6.8},{"group":"wetland","share":1.1},{"group":"water","share":0.4},{"group":"barren","share":0.2},{"group":"grassland-shrub","share":0.2}]},"look_alikes":[{"species_key":"58PT2","state":40,"worldwide":1618,"chosen_by":"state"},{"species_key":"7CSFT","state":38,"worldwide":1364,"chosen_by":"state"},{"species_key":"58Q4Y","state":22,"worldwide":867,"chosen_by":"state"},{"species_key":"58PP5","state":5,"worldwide":146,"chosen_by":"worldwide"},{"species_key":"3W7ZK","state":2,"worldwide":116,"chosen_by":"worldwide"}]},{"area":"39009","level":"county","records":40,"record_dates":38,"latest_month":"2025-05","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:28","sunset":"20:24","high":23.2,"low":8,"midpoint":14.7},"flowering":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39017","level":"county","records":36,"record_dates":34,"latest_month":"2025-06","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:35","sunset":"20:36","high":26.6,"low":14.4,"midpoint":19.7},"flowering":{"records":8,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39035","level":"county","records":31,"record_dates":30,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"05:59","sunset":"20:52","high":24.9,"low":16.3,"midpoint":20.3},"flowering":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39049","level":"county","records":82,"record_dates":65,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:11","sunset":"20:53","high":26.3,"low":14.6,"midpoint":20.5},"flowering":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39061","level":"county","records":60,"record_dates":55,"latest_month":"2025-07","season":[17,21,29],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:18","sunset":"20:54","high":26,"low":14.5,"midpoint":20},"flowering":{"records":12,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"39153","level":"county","records":40,"record_dates":39,"latest_month":"2025-08","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:02","sunset":"20:55","high":27.6,"low":16.4,"midpoint":22.3},"flowering":{"records":6,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04110002","level":"watershed","records":52,"record_dates":51,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:02","sunset":"20:55","high":26.9,"low":15.6,"midpoint":20.7},"flowering":{"records":8,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-04110003","level":"watershed","records":25,"record_dates":25,"latest_month":"2025-05","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"05:56","sunset":"20:51","high":24.9,"low":14.3,"midpoint":19.4},"flowering":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05030204","level":"watershed","records":38,"record_dates":36,"latest_month":"2025-05","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:19","sunset":"20:32","high":23.2,"low":8,"midpoint":14.7},"flowering":{"records":2,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05060001","level":"watershed","records":98,"record_dates":79,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:10","sunset":"20:53","high":26.2,"low":14.6,"midpoint":20.3},"flowering":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05080002","level":"watershed","records":48,"record_dates":45,"latest_month":"2025-06","season":[],"season_withheld":"two-seasons","windows":[{"records":32,"season":[17,22,26],"season_withheld":null},{"records":16,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records"}],"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:27","sunset":"20:41","high":27.1,"low":14.7,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":{"records":9,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05090202","level":"watershed","records":53,"record_dates":50,"latest_month":"2025-06","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:16","sunset":"20:54","high":27.1,"low":14.5,"midpoint":20.5},"flowering":{"records":10,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"huc8-05090203","level":"watershed","records":37,"record_dates":36,"latest_month":"2025-07","season":[],"season_withheld":"one-year","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:24","sunset":"20:54","high":25.3,"low":12.4,"midpoint":18.3},"flowering":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-329","level":"ecoregion","records":64,"record_dates":57,"latest_month":"2025-06","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:13","sunset":"20:39","high":24,"low":9.3,"midpoint":17},"flowering":{"records":9,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-334","level":"ecoregion","records":27,"record_dates":26,"latest_month":"2025-08","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"05:55","sunset":"20:59","high":26.9,"low":17.1,"midpoint":22},"flowering":{"records":6,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"eco-342","level":"ecoregion","records":476,"record_dates":338,"latest_month":"2025-11","season":[18,24,39],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:12","sunset":"20:55","high":26.6,"low":14.8,"midpoint":20.5},"flowering":{"records":56,"season":[19,24,37],"season_withheld":null,"windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-00766","level":"urban-area","records":27,"record_dates":26,"latest_month":"2025-08","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:03","sunset":"20:56","high":26.3,"low":15.5,"midpoint":20.2},"flowering":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-16885","level":"urban-area","records":75,"record_dates":69,"latest_month":"2025-07","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:18","sunset":"20:52","high":25.9,"low":14.5,"midpoint":20.1},"flowering":{"records":14,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-17668","level":"urban-area","records":49,"record_dates":46,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"05:56","sunset":"20:54","high":26.3,"low":16.3,"midpoint":20.3},"flowering":{"records":4,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-19234","level":"urban-area","records":89,"record_dates":70,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:14","sunset":"20:50","high":26.2,"low":14.6,"midpoint":20.3},"flowering":{"records":7,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-22528","level":"urban-area","records":22,"record_dates":22,"latest_month":"2025-06","season":[],"season_withheld":"precision","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:15","sunset":"20:58","high":27.2,"low":16.7,"midpoint":22.3},"flowering":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":1,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null},{"area":"ua-87868","level":"urban-area","records":26,"record_dates":25,"latest_month":"2025-10","season":[],"season_withheld":"one-year","windows":null,"conditions":{"sunrise":"06:20","sunset":"20:58","high":26.2,"low":15.1,"midpoint":20.4},"flowering":{"records":3,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"fruiting":{"records":0,"season":[],"season_withheld":"too-few-records","windows":null},"adult":null,"larva":null,"male":null,"female":null,"signs":{},"heard":null,"hours":null,"months_not_reported":null,"land_cover":null,"look_alikes":null}],"ranges":[],"statuses":[],"concerns":[],"introductions":[{"source":"us-riis-l48-v2","region":"us-l48","listed_name":"Medicago lupulina","status":"invasive"},{"source":"inaturalist-checklist","region":"us-oh","listed_name":"Medicago lupulina","status":"introduced"}],"recorded_in":["39001","39003","39005","39007","39011","39013","39015","39021","39023","39025","39029","39033","39039","39041","39043","39047","39055","39057","39059","39063","39065","39073","39075","39077","39083","39085","39087","39089","39093","39095","39097","39099","39103","39107","39109","39113","39119","39123","39127","39131","39133","39135","39139","39141","39143","39145","39147","39151","39155","39157","39159","39161","39165","39167","39169","39173","39175"],"below_species":[]}}