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Native Cherry carries an avoid result in the evidence table. High-flammability guidance directs removal of Exocarpos cupressiformis from the Building Protection Zone and excludes it from the Fuel Modified Zone.
A separate FLAMITS row records a live-leaf calorific value of 5,304.97 kilocalories per kilogram. That measurement has no directional verdict, so the source pack remains limited evidence; its numeric detail stays in the source table.
related plants provide same-form alternatives. The genus page retains the established taxonomic route without transferring this record's placement direction or measurement for direct source comparison.
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.
Where its sources say to plant it
Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating.
They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.
Fire Resisting Garden Plants for the Urban Fringe and Rur…: remove from the Building Protection Zone; avoid in the Fuel Modified Zone [Texas Building Protection Zone] (with its avoid rating)
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.
FLAMITS record 2920; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Dickinson1985-1; sampling winter. Primary study Dickinson1985: Dickinson, K. J. M., & Kirkpatrick, J. B. (1985). The flammability and energy content of some important plant-species and fuel components in the forests of Southeastern Tasmania. Journal of Biogeography, 12, 121-134.
