Fraxinus rhynchophylla (accepted: Fraxinus chinensis) · Oleaceae · all Fraxinus records · also called Korean ash · syn. Fraxinus rhynchophylla · Wikipedia
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The 2003 tree-leaf resistance ranking is the study behind this Korean ash record. The authors' factor analysis covered six litter-leaf traits and placed 花曲柳 among ten taxa with the best fire resistance. The page is filed under Fraxinus rhynchophylla, with Fraxinus F. chinensis* recorded as the accepted name.
The tested material was litter in a cured condition, retained under performance conditions. One study supports the recommendation, so the entry remains limited evidence. Its on-list result in the evidence table carries the authors' ranking without generalizing beyond those measured traits.
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Northeast China
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.
Conditions in the fire evidence
These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.
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.
