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blue beech is a genus-rank umbrella record. The evidence table retains the source at that taxonomic rank and does not extend its conclusion across every Carpinus species.
Green is the recorded fire-test condition. The test conditions section attaches it to the applicable evidence row instead of presenting green as a genus-wide trait.
This record is limited evidence. A return to the cited rows keeps that strength distinct from the condition and umbrella scope. The scene therefore preserves three accepted facts without combining their jobs. That division keeps the source scope clear.
Form
tree
Rated in
Florida
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
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.
Conditions in the fire evidence
These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.
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.
Landscaping in Florida with Fire in Mind: inside defensible space [ufifas-for71-defensible-space] (with its recommendation)
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.