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Cordia elaeagnoides

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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

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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.

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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: tree
Region: Mexico
Rated in: Global
Family: Cordiaceae
Evidence: 10 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 (10)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

10 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “time to flaming (s): 37” · score 37 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 4816; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “flaming duration (s): 26” · score 26 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 4823; Sustainability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “time to flaming (s): 87” · score 87 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 4830; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 2579.53” · score 2579.53 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 4837; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 373” · score 373 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 4844; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 100” · score 100 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 4851; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 348” · score 348 (FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 4858; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 150” · score 150 (FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 4865; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Haurie2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Haurie2019: Haurie, L., Giraldo, M. P., Lacasta, A. M., Montón, J., & Sonnier, R. (2019). Influence of different parameters in the fire behaviour of seven hardwood species. Fire safety journal, 107, 193-201.
- “time to flaming (s): 29.86” · score 29.86 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 12958; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Sotomayor2017-1; sampling ND. Primary study Sotomayor2017: Sotomayor-Castellanos, J., & Carrillo-Gómez, M. (2017). Comportamiento al fuego de cinco especies mexicanas. Estudio comparativo. Investigación e Ingeniería de la Madera, 13, 4-38.
- “burnt biomass (%): 98.04” · score 98.04 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 12963; Consumability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Sotomayor2017-1; sampling ND. Primary study Sotomayor2017: Sotomayor-Castellanos, J., & Carrillo-Gómez, M. (2017). Comportamiento al fuego de cinco especies mexicanas. Estudio comparativo. Investigación e Ingeniería de la Madera, 13, 4-38.

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