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Used for interbreeding with other camellias for hardiness.","sourcePlacement":{"value":"LZ3","scheme":"fps-landscape-zone"},"edition":"2016-wayback","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"time to flaming (s): 41","score":{"value":41,"scale":"FLAMITS — time to flaming (s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7045; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 35.54","score":{"value":35.54,"scale":"FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7071; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"mass loss rate (g/s): 1.06","score":{"value":1.06,"scale":"FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7097; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"calorific value (kcal/kg): 812.08","score":{"value":812.08,"scale":"FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7123; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"total heat release (MJ/m²): 1.46","score":{"value":1.46,"scale":"FLAMITS — total heat release (MJ/m²)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7149; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"total smoke release (m²/m²): 131.33","score":{"value":131.33,"scale":"FLAMITS — total smoke release (m²/m²)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7175; Consumability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"smoke release rate (m²/s): 0.69","score":{"value":0.69,"scale":"FLAMITS — smoke release rate (m²/s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7201; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"smoke specific extinction area (m²/kg): 170.41","score":{"value":170.41,"scale":"FLAMITS — smoke specific extinction area (m²/kg)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7227; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Liu2013","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"energy flux (kW/m²): 10.52","score":{"value":10.52,"scale":"FLAMITS — energy flux (kW/m²)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 7253; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND. Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. 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State noxious-weed seed designations are material-scoped and never become non-seed plant restrictions, ecological-invasive findings, nursery restrictions, alternatives, product evidence, or fire votes. Introduced/established context is not an invasive warning. Minimum-only hardiness has no inferred maximum; canonical source-temperature conversion is validated and contradictory applicable rows project no primary zone. L48 context applies only to conterminous states and is never exact-state status. Fire-performance conditions are not maintenance advice. FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}