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Wild Asparagus

Asparagus acutifolius · Asparagaceae · all Asparagus records · also called Esparraguera silvestre, Esparreguera borda · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
Spain
Rated in
Catalonia, Spain; Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Catalonia, Spain; Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

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.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

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.

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Corroboration (5 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

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

    • Primary study Madrigal2011a: Madrigal, J., Guijarro, M., Hernando, C., Díez, C., & Marino, E. (2011a). Effective Heat of Combustion for Flaming Combustion of Mediterranean Forest Fuels. Fire Technology, 47, 461-474.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Madrigal2011a-1; sampling ND.

      • “flaming duration (s): 57”

        FLAMITS record 7319; Sustainability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 326”

          FLAMITS record 7339.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.06”

          FLAMITS record 7379.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 18.54”

          FLAMITS record 7399.

      • “time to flaming (s): 3”

        FLAMITS record 7359; Ignitability measurement.

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

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Asparagus acutifolius (Esparraguera silvestre, Esparreguera borda). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/asparagus-acutifolius/. Last verified 2026-08-25.