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Axonopus aureus

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: No test or rating condition is normalized.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 0 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: Documented in PR.
Native range: Current cited native range in PR.
Introduced / established: No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status: Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
Seed-list status: Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
Reported invasive here: No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
Broader regional context: Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
Federal context: Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.

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.

Form: grass
Current cited native range: PR
Grows in: PR
Rated in: Global
Family: Poaceae
Evidence: 16 cited sources

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

1

exact source area

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 native source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04

Puerto Rico (PR)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (16)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 292.82” · score 292.82 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 14577; Combustibility measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2019: Zanzarini, V. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies do estrato herbáceo do cerrado. Master dissertation. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 100” · score 100 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 14598; Consumability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2019: Zanzarini, V. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies do estrato herbáceo do cerrado. Master dissertation. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).
- “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.69” · score 0.69 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14619; Sustainability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2019: Zanzarini, V. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies do estrato herbáceo do cerrado. Master dissertation. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 171.62” · score 171.62 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15320; Combustibility measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.83” · score 0.83 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15321; Sustainability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 80” · score 80 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15322; Consumability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “flammability index: 1.382700224” · score 1.382700224 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15323; Integrated measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 55.66” · score 55.66 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15324; Combustibility measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.346” · score 0.346 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15325; Sustainability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 1.8” · score 1.8 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15326; Consumability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “flammability index: 0.23461275” · score 0.23461275 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15327; Integrated measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “flammability index: 1.733002763” · score 1.733002763 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15328; Integrated measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 243” · score 243 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15329; Combustibility measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.602” · score 0.602 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15330; Sustainability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 99” · score 99 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15331; Consumability measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.
- “flammability index: 1.608864643” · score 1.608864643 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15332; Integrated measurement; plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND. Primary study Zanzarini2022: Zanzarini, V., Andersen, A. N., & Fidelis, A. (2022). Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado. Biotropica, 54, 979-987.

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