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South African lovegrass

Eragrostis plana · Poaceae · all Eragrostis records · also called Eragrostis plana

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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 SC.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. 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

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • South Carolina (SC)

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 (6)
Corroboration (6 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

    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): 2.52”

        FLAMITS record 12784; Ignitability measurement; predrying no.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.21”

        FLAMITS record 12785; Ignitability measurement; predrying yes.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.02”

        FLAMITS record 12838; Combustibility measurement; predrying no.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.02”

        FLAMITS record 12839; Combustibility measurement; predrying yes.

      • “flaming duration (s): 7.68”

        FLAMITS record 12886; Sustainability measurement; predrying no.

      • “flaming duration (s): 7.66”

        FLAMITS record 12887; Sustainability measurement; predrying yes.

Fire-resistant grasss instead

blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis sheep fescue
Festuca ovina tall fescue
Festuca arundinacea hard fescue
Festuca cinerea whitegrass
Leersia virginica tall fescue
Lolium arundinaceum
Same genus in the directory · the Eragrostis group page

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

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Eragrostis plana (Eragrostis plana). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/eragrostis-plana/. Last verified 2026-08-25.