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Form
grass
Region
South Africa
Rated in
Global
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Global
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
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.
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 (6)Corroboration (6 rows from 1 source)
6 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; fuel live; device epiradiator; site Simpson2016-1; sampling july.
“time to flaming (s): 1.22”
FLAMITS record 12774; Ignitability measurement; predrying no.
“time to flaming (s): 0.68”
FLAMITS record 12775; Ignitability measurement; predrying yes.
“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.03”
FLAMITS record 12828; Combustibility measurement; predrying no.
“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.04”
FLAMITS record 12829; Combustibility measurement; predrying yes.
“flaming duration (s): 5.51”
FLAMITS record 12876; Sustainability measurement; predrying no.
“flaming duration (s): 4.78”
FLAMITS record 12877; Sustainability measurement; predrying yes.
