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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/plants/schoenoplectus-subulatus/",
    "note": "This document is licensed CC BY 4.0. The PHOTOGRAPHS it links are licensed individually and separately: each carries its own license and license_url, and those terms govern. Underlying taxonomy is CC0 (World Flora Online); native range is CC BY 3.0 (Kew)."
  }
}