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Chamaecrista ochrosperma

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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: No state distribution is normalized.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
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: shrub
Region: Brazil
Rated in: Global
Family: Fabaceae
Evidence: 16 cited sources

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): 291.084” · score 291.084 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15365; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; 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): 0.588” · score 0.588 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15366; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; 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 (%): 34” · score 34 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15367; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; 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: 1.033437944” · score 1.033437944 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15368; Integrated measurement; plant part branches; 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): 282.44” · score 282.44 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15369; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; 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): 0.526” · score 0.526 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15370; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; 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 (%): 57” · score 57 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15371; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; 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: 1.226824527” · score 1.226824527 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15372; Integrated measurement; plant part branches; 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): 282.44” · score 282.44 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15373; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; 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): 0.552” · score 0.552 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15374; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; 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 (%): 57” · score 57 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15375; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; 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: 1.236177045” · score 1.236177045 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15376; Integrated measurement; plant part branches; 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): 117.4” · score 117.4 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 15377; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; 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): 0.162” · score 0.162 (FLAMITS — rate of burning spread (cm/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 15378; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; 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 (%): 9” · score 9 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 15379; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; 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: 0.342644242” · score 0.342644242 (FLAMITS — flammability index)
  
  FLAMITS record 15380; Integrated measurement; plant part branches; 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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