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orange cotoneaster

Cotoneaster franchetii · Rosaceae · all Cotoneaster records · also called Cotoneaster franchetii · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
France
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

Introduced / established
3 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
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.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

3

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

3 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)
  • Oregon (OR)
  • Washington (WA)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (13)
Corroboration (13 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

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

    • Primary study Ganteaume2018: Ganteaume, A. (2018). Does plant flammability differ between leaf and litter bed scale? Role of fuel characteristics and consequences for flammability assessment. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 27, 342-352.

      Shared row context: device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes.

        • “time to flaming (s): 93.31”

          FLAMITS record 3652.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 38.5”

          FLAMITS record 3682.

      • “flaming duration (s): 78.83”

        FLAMITS record 3667; Sustainability measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes.

      • “flame propagation: 2.78”

        FLAMITS record 3697; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel all; predrying yes.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.02”

          FLAMITS record 3712.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 3742.

      • “flaming duration (s): 17.64”

        FLAMITS record 3727; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no.

    • Primary study Terrei2019: Terrei, L., Lamorlette, A., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). Modelling the fire propagation from the fuel bed to the lower canopy of ornamental species used in wildland–urban interfaces. International journal of wildland fire, 28, 113-126.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel live; predrying no; device burning bench; site Terrei2019-1; sampling april to june.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 17”

          FLAMITS record 13013.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 261”

          FLAMITS record 13017.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 44”

          FLAMITS record 13021.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.77”

          FLAMITS record 13033.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.08”

          FLAMITS record 13025.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 581”

          FLAMITS record 13029.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Cotoneaster franchetii (Cotoneaster franchetii). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/cotoneaster-franchetii/. Last verified 2026-08-25.