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Spanish heath

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Form
shrub
Region
Spain
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

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.

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 (17)
Corroboration (17 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

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

    • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5560.33”

      FLAMITS record 3952; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Gillon1997-1; sampling june to september. Primary study Gillon1997: Gillon, D., Hernando, C., Valette, J.-C., & Joffre, R. (1997). Fast estimation of the calorific values of forest fuels by near infrared-reflectance spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 27, 760-765.

    • Primary study Martin1989: Martín, E., & Miguel, L. (1989). Inflamabilidad y energía de las especies de sotobosque

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Martin1989-2.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling march.

        • “time to flaming (s): 26”

          FLAMITS record 7674.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8073.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling may.

        • “time to flaming (s): 11”

          FLAMITS record 7675.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8074.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling july.

        • “time to flaming (s): 20”

          FLAMITS record 7676.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8075.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling august.

        • “time to flaming (s): 22”

          FLAMITS record 7677.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8076.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling september.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10”

          FLAMITS record 7678.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8077.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling november.

        • “time to flaming (s): 16”

          FLAMITS record 7679.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8078.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; sampling december.

        • “time to flaming (s): 28”

          FLAMITS record 7680.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8079.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5702”

        FLAMITS record 7894; Combustibility measurement; sampling ND.

      • “flammability value: 4”

        FLAMITS record 7941; Ignitability measurement; sampling ND.

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