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Axonopus aureus · Poaceae · all Axonopus records · also called Axonopus aureus

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Form
grass
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

State distribution
Documented in PR.
Native range
Current cited native range in PR.

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.

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)
Corroboration (16 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

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

    • Primary study Zanzarini2019: Zanzarini, V. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies do estrato herbáceo do cerrado. Master dissertation. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).

      Shared row context: plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2019-1; sampling ND.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 292.82”

        FLAMITS record 14577; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 100”

        FLAMITS record 14598; Consumability measurement.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.69”

        FLAMITS record 14619; Sustainability measurement.

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part whole plant; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Zanzarini2022-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 171.62”

          FLAMITS record 15320.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 55.66”

          FLAMITS record 15324.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 243”

          FLAMITS record 15329.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.83”

          FLAMITS record 15321.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.346”

          FLAMITS record 15325.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.602”

          FLAMITS record 15330.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 80”

          FLAMITS record 15322.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 1.8”

          FLAMITS record 15326.

        • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 99”

          FLAMITS record 15331.

      • Shared measurement context: Integrated measurement.

        • “flammability index: 1.382700224”

          FLAMITS record 15323.

        • “flammability index: 0.23461275”

          FLAMITS record 15327.

        • “flammability index: 1.733002763”

          FLAMITS record 15328.

        • “flammability index: 1.608864643”

          FLAMITS record 15332.

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Luzula rufa
Same genus in the directory · the Axonopus group page

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

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Axonopus aureus (Axonopus aureus). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/axonopus-aureus/. Last verified 2026-08-25.