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citronella grass

Cymbopogon nardus · Poaceae · all Cymbopogon records · also called Cymbopogon nardus · Wikipedia

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Form
grass
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

State distribution
Documented in PR, VI.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. 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.

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

2

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

2 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Florida (FL)
  • Puerto Rico (PR)

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 (9)
Corroboration (9 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

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

    • Primary study Simpson2016: Simpson, K. J., Ripley, B. S., Christin, P. A., Belcher, C. M., Lehmann, C. E., Thomas, G. H., & Osborne, C P. (2016). Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species. Journal of Ecology, 104, 138-148.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; device epiradiator; site Simpson2016-1; sampling july.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.29”

        FLAMITS record 12761; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.03”

        FLAMITS record 12763; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “flaming duration (s): 5.93”

        FLAMITS record 12765; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.92”

        FLAMITS record 12772; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.08”

        FLAMITS record 12773; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.03”

        FLAMITS record 12826; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.04”

        FLAMITS record 12827; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • “flaming duration (s): 6.32”

        FLAMITS record 12874; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • “flaming duration (s): 5.15”

        FLAMITS record 12875; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

Fire-resistant grasss instead

sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis western wheatgrass
Agropyron smithii Mueller’s Bent
Agrostis muelleriana Carex wakatipu
Carex wakatipu Luzula rufa
Luzula rufa
Same genus in the directory · the Cymbopogon group page

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

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Cymbopogon nardus (Cymbopogon nardus). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/cymbopogon-nardus/. Last verified 2026-08-25.