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Korean Fir

Abies koreana · Pinaceae · all Abies records · also called Abies koreana · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Region
Korea; United Kingdom
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (6)
Corroboration (6 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    6 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Seo2016: Seo, H.J., Park, J.-E., & Son, D.W. (2016). Combustion and thermal characteristics of Korean wood species. BioResources, 11, 7537-7550.

      Shared row context: plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Seo2016-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 128.46”

          FLAMITS record 12395.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 64.1”

          FLAMITS record 12396.

      • “time to flaming (s): 19”

        FLAMITS record 12397; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 92.31”

        FLAMITS record 12398; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Belcher2017: Belcher, C. M., & Hudspith, V. A. (2017). Changes to Cretaceous surface fire behaviour influenced the spread of the early angiosperms. New Phytologist, 213, 1521-1532.

      Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Belcher2017-1; sampling .

      • “time to flaming (s): 31”

        FLAMITS record 15851.

      • “time to flaming (s): 10”

        FLAMITS record 15853.

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Abies koreana (Abies koreana). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/abies-koreana/. Last verified 2026-08-25.