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milkflower cotoneaster

Cotoneaster lacteus (accepted: Cotoneaster coriaceus) · Rosaceae · all Cotoneaster records · also called Late Cotoneaster · syn. Cotoneaster lacteus · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Rated in
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA, OR, WA.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.

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.

Where its sources say to plant it

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.

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.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Listed without a rating (7)
Corroboration (7 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

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

    • Primary study Salvo2015: Salvo-Aires, F. (2015). Effects of woody weeds on fuels and fire behaviour in Eastern Australian forests and woodlands. PhD. Dissertation. University of Sydney.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Salvo2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 9”

        FLAMITS record 11645; Ignitability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 202”

          FLAMITS record 11682.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.17”

          FLAMITS record 11756.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3890.79”

          FLAMITS record 11830.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 153”

          FLAMITS record 11867.

      • “flaming duration (s): 99”

        FLAMITS record 11719; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 88”

        FLAMITS record 11793; Consumability measurement.

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

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