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Andropogon virginicus has 1 ecological invasive report. Its fire pack remains limited evidence on the evidence table, and 1 seed-list row is documented under local seed status. The ecological report, seed designation, and fire-evidence depth stay as three distinct facts.

The related plants section supplies comparison without transferring their rows to this grass. The genus index provides a broader Andropogon route, but the single ecological report and single seed-list entry remain attached to A. virginicus. This separation preserves the status evidence alongside the limited pack without treating either designation as an additional fire result.

Form
grass
Region
EE. UU.
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

Seed-list status
1 state noxious-weed seed record; the Place chip matches exact scope.
Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
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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 (15)
Corroboration (15 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

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

    • Primary study Golley1961: Golley, F. B. (1961). Energy values of ecological materials. Ecology, 42, 581-584.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; fuel all; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Golley1961-1; sampling all seasons.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part litter.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3902”

          FLAMITS record 3955.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4139”

          FLAMITS record 3956.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4139”

          FLAMITS record 3957.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part roots.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3607”

          FLAMITS record 3958.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4169”

          FLAMITS record 3959.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4167”

          FLAMITS record 3960.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part leaves.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3634”

          FLAMITS record 3961.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4288”

          FLAMITS record 3962.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4288”

          FLAMITS record 3963.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4231”

          FLAMITS record 3964.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4377”

          FLAMITS record 3965.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4373”

          FLAMITS record 3966.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4116”

          FLAMITS record 3967.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4290”

          FLAMITS record 3968.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4290”

          FLAMITS record 3969.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Andropogon virginicus (Andropogon virginicus). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/andropogon-virginicus/. Last verified 2026-08-25.