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Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica (accepted: Cupressus arizonica) · Cupressaceae · all Cupressus records

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: 1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 2 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Córdoba, southern Spain; Georgetown, Texas; Global; Mediterranean France / Provence; Virginia / Mid-Atlantic; Yavapai County, Arizona; eastern US
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

Typed publication scope: 3 scopes across 3 cited fire sources

Firewise Plant Guide · Official scoped edition
- Sun City Texas, Georgetown (TX footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2015-01-14
  The guide is authored for the Sun City Texas community in Georgetown. FireApproved publishes 142 exact owners only as community-level context. It is an archived HOA exhibit with unknown rating lineage, not a current statewide Texas source or an independent Tier 1 determination.
Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300) · Official scoped edition
- VA; partial normalized coverage · 2009-04-15
  Virginia Cooperative Extension's publication opens with Virginia wildfire conditions, identifies its Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force, and labels plants native to Virginia. FireApproved publishes 306 exact source owners. Publication scope does not establish parcel suitability or current endorsement of this archived 2009 list.
Fire-Resistant and Fire-Prone Plants Common to Yavapai County (Bulletin 34) · Official scoped edition
- Yavapai County (AZ footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2025-03-14
  University of Arizona Cooperative Extension authors Bulletin 34 for Yavapai County. FireApproved publishes 198 exact source owners from its resistant and prone tables and keeps the county boundary visible. County publication scope is regional Arizona context, never statewide scope.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: Documented in AZ, CA, DC, DE, MD, NJ, NM, NV, OH, PA, PR, TX, UT, WV.
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: Documented minimum 5b; no upper limit is documented.

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.

Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica) — Photo: (c) Rogelio Reyna-Hernández, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) (CC BY-SA), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Form: tree
USDA hardiness: Minimum 5b; upper limit not documented
Mature height: ~50 ft
Light: Full sun
Water need: low
Grows in: AZ, CA, DC, DE, MD, NJ, NM, NV +6
Rated in: Córdoba, southern Spain; Georgetown, Texas; Global; Mediterranean France / Provence +3
Family: Cupressaceae
Evidence: 41 cited sources

Plant hardiness evidence

These values describe the plant source. Your ZIP zone comes from the separate 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Whole-zone values stay whole-zone, and a single unresolved value is not treated as a tolerance range. Different source boundaries stay separate: overlapping statements are compared independently, while only ranges with no shared zone are called a conflict.

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector · record cupressus-arizonica-var-arizonica · 2016-wayback · as of 2026-08-26

Source prints 6 · single-value meaning unresolved · whole zone precision · source stated

Source taxon: Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica · exact match.

Source location: Cold Hardiness Zone field in the recovered selector record.

Not used for comparison: The recovered selector prints one Cold Hardiness Zone value but does not define it as a minimum threshold or a one-zone range.
USDA PLANTS Database — Plant Characteristics · record CUAR · PLANTS Help Document 2022; characteristics cache retrieved 2026-08-23 · as of 2026-08-26

Minimum 5b · no upper limit documented · half zone precision · derived containing band

Exact source measurement: -13°F; mapped only to its containing half-zone.

Source taxon: Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica · source identifier match.

Source location: PlantCharacteristics record 15078, Temperature, Minimum (°F).

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

green: The ignition index based on flammability of vegetation improves planning in the WUI evidence row

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.

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector: Landscape Zone 3 — 10–30 ft from the structure; thin vegetation, remove debris, and minimize plant massing [Fire Performance Plant Selector landscape zone] (with its avoid rating)
Firewise Plant Guide: Avoid if Possible [Sun City plant-table sections] (with its avoid rating)

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.

Avoids (5)

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector — USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area S&PF + state Firewise programs (WV, OH, PA, DE, DC, MD, NJ) · 2016-wayback · original source Primary evidence Keyed curation lineage: ufifas-srs-tree

“NOT Firewise (4)”

Fragrant blue foliage. Scale needles are smooth to touch. Showy reddish or yellow exfoliating bark.
Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300) — Virginia Cooperative Extension / Virginia Tech (Appleton, Frenzel, Hillegass, Lyons, Steward — Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force) · 2009 · original source Primary evidence Expert-curated lineage: ufifas-srs-tree

“H flammability”

Tolerates hot, dry conditions.
The ignition index based on flammability of vegetation improves planning in the WUI — Landscape and Urban Planning (Molina, Martín, Rodríguez y Silva & Herrera) · 2017 · original source Primary evidence Lab-tested lineage: molina-uco-tree

“Very flammable (Valette 4)” · score 4 (valette-0-5-live-leaf) · condition: green

Table 2 reports 97.7% foliar moisture, 16.48 s mean time to ignition, and 12.06 s mean flame duration across 200 live-leaf samples.
Fire-Resistant and Fire-Prone Plants Common to Yavapai County (Bulletin 34) — University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County · v1.2 · original source Corroboration Expert-curated lineage: unknown

“Fire-Prone Plants”

Listed as Arizona Cypress — Cupressus arizonica. The bulletin says fire-resistant plants tend to resist ignition when irrigated and maintained, while fire-prone plants may ignite readily and burn intensely.
Firewise Plant Guide — Sun City Texas Firewise Group · updated January 14, 2015 · original source Corroboration HOA exhibit lineage: unknown

“high”

The table rates Cypress, Arizona — Cypressus arizonica high for flammability hazard, defined as the ease a plant can burn at high temperatures for a prolonged time.

Listed without a rating (35)

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

35 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “time to flaming (s): 101.73” · score 101.73 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3654; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel all; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “flaming duration (s): 274.73” · score 274.73 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3669; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel all; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “ignition frequency (%): 50” · score 50 (FLAMITS — ignition frequency (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 3684; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel all; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “flame propagation: 3.3” · score 3.3 (FLAMITS — flame propagation)
  
  FLAMITS record 3699; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel all; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “time to flaming (s): 32.71” · score 32.71 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3714; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “flaming duration (s): 5” · score 5 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3729; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “ignition frequency (%): 30.5” · score 30.5 (FLAMITS — ignition frequency (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 3744; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2018-1; sampling summer. 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.
- “time to flaming (s): 39.29” · score 39.29 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3759; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021a-1; sampling january to februaty and april to may. Primary study Ganteaume2021a: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Ormeño, E., & Lecareux, C. (2021). Volatile and semi-volatile terpenes impact leaf flammability: differences according to the level of terpene identification. Chemoecology, 31, 259-275.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 476.55” · score 476.55 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 3763; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021a-1; sampling january to februaty and april to may. Primary study Ganteaume2021a: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Ormeño, E., & Lecareux, C. (2021). Volatile and semi-volatile terpenes impact leaf flammability: differences according to the level of terpene identification. Chemoecology, 31, 259-275.
- “flaming duration (s): 9.28” · score 9.28 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3767; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021a-1; sampling january to februaty and april to may. Primary study Ganteaume2021a: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Ormeño, E., & Lecareux, C. (2021). Volatile and semi-volatile terpenes impact leaf flammability: differences according to the level of terpene identification. Chemoecology, 31, 259-275.
- “temperature at flaming (°C): 360.23” · score 360.23 (FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 3771; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021a-1; sampling january to februaty and april to may. Primary study Ganteaume2021a: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Ormeño, E., & Lecareux, C. (2021). Volatile and semi-volatile terpenes impact leaf flammability: differences according to the level of terpene identification. Chemoecology, 31, 259-275.
- “time to flaming (s): 40.62” · score 40.62 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3776; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling winter. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “time to flaming (s): 34.94” · score 34.94 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3777; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling spring. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “time to flaming (s): 40.9” · score 40.9 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3778; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling summer. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 442.06” · score 442.06 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 3788; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling winter. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 532.62” · score 532.62 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 3789; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling spring. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 455.62” · score 455.62 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 3790; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling summer. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “flaming duration (s): 6.97” · score 6.97 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3800; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling winter. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “flaming duration (s): 9.58” · score 9.58 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3801; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling spring. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “flaming duration (s): 11.02” · score 11.02 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 3802; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Ganteaume2021b-1; sampling summer. Primary study Ganteaume2021b: Ganteaume, A., Romero, B., Ormeño, E., Lecareux, C., & Fernandez, C. (2021). Does Seasonality of Leaf Terpene Content and Moisture Content Trigger Leaf Flammability Seasonal Variation? in review, preprint.
- “time to flaming (s): 16.48” · score 16.48 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 9294; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Molina2017-1; sampling summer. Primary study Molina2017: Molina, J. R., Martín, T., Rodríguez Y Silva, F., & Herrera, M. Á. (2017). The ignition index based on flammability of vegetation improves planning in the wildland-urban interface: A case study in Southern Spain. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, 129-138.
- “flaming duration (s): 12.06” · score 12.06 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 9312; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Molina2017-1; sampling summer. Primary study Molina2017: Molina, J. R., Martín, T., Rodríguez Y Silva, F., & Herrera, M. Á. (2017). The ignition index based on flammability of vegetation improves planning in the wildland-urban interface: A case study in Southern Spain. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, 129-138.
- “flammability value: 4” · score 4 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 9330; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Molina2017-1; sampling summer. Primary study Molina2017: Molina, J. R., Martín, T., Rodríguez Y Silva, F., & Herrera, M. Á. (2017). The ignition index based on flammability of vegetation improves planning in the wildland-urban interface: A case study in Southern Spain. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, 129-138.
- “time to flaming (s): 3.5” · score 3.5 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 11331; Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel dead; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 569.2” · score 569.2 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 11337; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel dead; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “flaming duration (s): 12.6” · score 12.6 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 11343; Sustainability measurement; plant part litter; fuel dead; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “temperature at flaming (°C): 382.3” · score 382.3 (FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 11349; Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel dead; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “flammability value: 100” · score 100 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 11355; Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel dead; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “time to flaming (s): 41.3” · score 41.3 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 11361; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 454.2” · score 454.2 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 11368; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “flaming duration (s): 11.1” · score 11.1 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 11375; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “temperature at flaming (°C): 375.9” · score 375.9 (FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 11383; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “flammability value: 90” · score 90 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 11390; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Romero2019-1; sampling july. Primary study Romero2019: Romero, B., Fernandez, C., Lecareux, C., Ormeño, E., & Ganteaume, A. (2019). How terpene content affects fuel flammability of wildlandurban interface vegetation. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 614.
- “flammability value: 1” · score 1 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 13341; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Valette1990-1; sampling june to september. Primary study Valette1990: Valette, J.-C. (1990). Flammabilities of Mediterranean forest species. Effects on the combustibility of the forest communities inflammabilités des espèces forestières méditerranéennes. Conséquences sur la combustibilité des formations forestières. Revue forestière française, 42, 76-92.
- “flammability value: 2” · score 2 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 13342; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Valette1990-1; sampling june to september. Primary study Valette1990: Valette, J.-C. (1990). Flammabilities of Mediterranean forest species. Effects on the combustibility of the forest communities inflammabilités des espèces forestières méditerranéennes. Conséquences sur la combustibilité des formations forestières. Revue forestière française, 42, 76-92.

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Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica (Arizona cypress). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/cupressus-arizonica-var-arizonica/. Last verified 2026-08-23.