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Chusquea culeou

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Form
grass
Region
Argentina; Chile
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

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.

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 (17)
Corroboration (17 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

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

    • Primary study Bianchi2015: Bianchi, L. O., & Defossé, G. E. (2015). Live fuel moisture content and leaf ignition of forest species in Andean Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24, 340-348.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Bianchi2015-1; sampling november to april.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 11.2”

          FLAMITS record 663.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 68.39”

          FLAMITS record 669.

      • “burning duration (s): 18.6”

        FLAMITS record 675; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Bianchi2019: Bianchi, L. O., Oddi, F .J., Muñoz, M., & Defossé, G. E. (2019). Comparison of leaf moisture content and ignition characteristics among native species and exotic conifers in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Forest Science, 65, 375-386.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Bianchi2019-1; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 11.4”

          FLAMITS record 698.

        • “flammability value: 2.8”

          FLAMITS record 734.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 68.6”

          FLAMITS record 752.

      • “burning duration (s): 19.2”

        FLAMITS record 716; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Blackhall2019: Blackhall, M., & Raffaele, E. (2019). Flammability of Patagonian invaders and natives: When exotic plant species affect live fine fuel ignitability in wildland-urban interfaces. Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, 1-10.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Blackhall2019-1; sampling february.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 24.7”

          FLAMITS record 807.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 900.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 305”

          FLAMITS record 838.

        • “heat released per mass (°C s/g): 2304”

          FLAMITS record 931.

      • “flaming duration (s): 31.4”

        FLAMITS record 869; Sustainability measurement.

    • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 7250.9”

      FLAMITS record 1300; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Cobar2014-1; sampling autumn. Primary study Cobar2014: Cóbar-Carranza, A. J., García, R. A., Pauchard, A., & Pena, E. (2014). Effect of Pinus contorta invasion on forest fuel properties and its potential implications on the fire regime of Araucaria araucana and Nothofagus antarctica forests. Biological Invasions, 16, 2273-2291.

    • Primary study Gowda2021: Gowda, J. H., Blackhall, M., Shipley, L., Kitzberger, T., & Tiribelli, F. (2022). Are digestibility and flammability related? Two variables shaping landscape dynamics of Northwestern Patagonian forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 503, 119810.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Gowda2021-1; sampling november to february.

      • “time to flaming (s): 21”

        FLAMITS record 4018; Ignitability measurement.

      • “flaming duration (s): 36”

        FLAMITS record 4027; Sustainability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 346.3”

          FLAMITS record 4034.

        • “heat released per mass (°C s/g): 2631”

          FLAMITS record 4042.

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