{"id":"erica","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"scientificName":"Erica sp.","commonNames":["Heath"],"taxonRank":"genus","acceptedName":"Erica","family":"Ericaceae","ids":{"usdaSymbol":"ERICA","gbifKey":2882780,"itisTsn":23647,"wikidataQid":"Q206998","inatTaxonId":55776},"states":["AZ"],"plantForm":"shrub","photo":{"file":"/images/plants/erica.jpg","sourceUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/616587934","observationUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339000924","license":"cc-by","attribution":"(c) Ren Hoekstra, some rights reserved (CC BY)","fetchedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},"evidence":[{"source":"gva-valencia","verdict":"avoid","verdictRaw":"named among the most flammable species","claims":"Named in the guide's flammable-species warning: brezo — high resin and oil content.","claimOriginal":"las especies más inflamables","edition":"2019","url":"https://www.leliana.es/sites/www.leliana.es/files/files/Jardineria%20de%20baja%20inflamabilidad.pdf","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"fernandes-2020-selective-shrub-mgmt","verdict":"avoid","verdictRaw":"Control","claims":"Table 2 places this genus in the Control column. The authors describe the control group as heliophilous vegetation associated with fine fuels and traits linked to faster combustibility or greater flammability; this is a selective fuel-band management decision, not a global prohibition.","plantPart":"whole-plant","sourcePlacement":{"value":"selectively control in fuel-management bands in mainland Portugal","scheme":"portugal-selective-fuel-band-control"},"edition":"Fire 3(4), article 65","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040065","documentDate":"2020-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"girona-pirojardineria-2020","verdict":"avoid","verdictRaw":"MUY DESACONSEJADA","claims":"Erica spp. is rated “MUY DESACONSEJADA” by the guide's qualitative IUF garden-suitability method. The method assumes species-specific care and integrates fire evidence with fuel structure, maintenance, origin, invasiveness, and expert fire-service experience.","sourcePlacement":{"value":"not suitable inside or outside the 25-metre maximum-risk zone","scheme":"girona-2020-iuf-25m-suitability"},"edition":"2020 Spanish edition","url":"https://interior.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/030_arees_dactuacio/bombers/foc_forestal/publicacions_tecniques_i_normativa/guies_tecniques/prevencio_i_extincio/2020_Guia_de_pirojardineria_es.pdf","documentDate":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"maximum sample temperature (°C): 766.92","score":{"value":766.92,"scale":"FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 1055; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Burger2015-1; sampling september. Primary study Burger2015: Burger, N., & Bond, W. J. (2015). Flammability traits of Cape shrubland species with different post-fire recruitment strategies. South African Journal of Botany, 101, 40-48.","plantPart":"shoot","original":"Burger2015","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"burnt biomass (%): 89.48","score":{"value":89.48,"scale":"FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 1084; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Burger2015-1; sampling september. Primary study Burger2015: Burger, N., & Bond, W. J. (2015). Flammability traits of Cape shrubland species with different post-fire recruitment strategies. South African Journal of Botany, 101, 40-48.","plantPart":"shoot","original":"Burger2015","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"yavapai-34","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"Fire-Resistant Plants","claims":"Listed as Heath — Erica sp.. The bulletin says fire-resistant plants tend to resist ignition when irrigated and maintained, while fire-prone plants may ignite readily and burn intensely.","plantPart":"whole-plant","edition":"v1.2","url":"https://www.extension.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/FirewisePlants3-14-2025.pdf","documentDate":"2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"gencat-franges-perimetrals","verdict":"avoid","verdictRaw":"Cal eliminar prioritàriament les espècies més inflamables. — Brucs — Erica sp.","claims":"The guide says to remove this printed taxon first among the more-flammable species when opening and maintaining perimeter protection strips.","plantPart":"whole-plant","sourcePlacement":{"value":"page 4 species-selection panel","scheme":"catalonia-perimeter-strip-maintain-remove"},"edition":"2025 web edition","url":"https://www.diba.cat/documents/d/incendis/diba_franges_web","documentDate":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"greece-property-fire-regulation-2023","verdict":"avoid","verdictRaw":"ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΕΥΦΛΕΚΤΑ ΕΝΔΗΜΙΚΑ ΦΥΤΑ — Erica sp.","claims":"The regulation prints this taxon in its table of particularly flammable endemic trees and shrubs.","plantPart":"whole-plant","sourcePlacement":{"value":"section 5.4.2, Table 2δi","scheme":"greece-2023-particularly-flammable"},"edition":"FEK B 3475/2023","url":"https://www.elinyae.gr/ethniki-nomothesia/ya-oik-ypendaoka5590420192023-fek-3475b-2452023","documentDate":"2023-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}],"flammabilityClass":"highly-flammable","ratingReason":"consensus","recommendation":"avoid","author":"grayson-graham","reviewStatus":"draft","lastVerified":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","reviewNotes":"Photo auto-selected (top-voted iNat); human review pending."},"localAssessmentInputs":{"stateDistribution":["AZ"],"nativeStates":[],"rangeAssertions":[{"relation":"documented-occurrence","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["AZ"]},"provenance":"legacy-field"}],"usdaZoneMin":null,"usdaZoneMax":null,"hardinessAssertions":[],"hardinessSelection":{"status":"none","assertions":[]},"invasiveIn":[],"statusAssertions":[],"fireEvidenceClass":"highly-flammable","recommendation":"avoid","fireSourceScopes":[{"source":"yavapai-34","sourceName":"Fire-Resistant and Fire-Prone Plants Common to Yavapai County (Bulletin 34)","sourceUrl":"https://www.extension.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/FirewisePlants3-14-2025.pdf","geography":{"grain":"aggregate-region","stateCodes":["AZ"],"regions":["Yavapai County"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"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.","sourceVersion":"UA-Yavapai-Bulletin-34-v1.2-2025-03-14","asOf":"2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z"}],"firePerformanceConditions":[],"maintenanceAssertions":[],"maintenanceConditions":null,"regulatoryReviews":{},"seedReviews":{}},"legacyCompatibilityProjection":{"nativeStates":[],"invasiveIn":[]},"localAssessmentContract":"Compare each dimension separately. State noxious-weed seed designations are material-scoped and never become non-seed plant restrictions, ecological-invasive findings, nursery restrictions, alternatives, product evidence, or fire votes. Introduced/established context is not an invasive warning. Minimum-only hardiness has no inferred maximum; canonical source-temperature conversion is validated and contradictory applicable rows project no primary zone. L48 context applies only to conterminous states and is never exact-state status. Fire-performance conditions are not maintenance advice. FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}