red beech

Fuscospora fusca (accepted: Nothofagus fusca) · Nothofagaceae · all Fuscospora records · Wikipedia

Fire-resistant. Recommended by the one independent primary-evidence lineage to have rated it so far (A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tr…), with no objection on record. Limited evidence: a single lineage — more sources may still move this verdict. This status is computed from the cited evidence by the published rule, never hand-assigned.

▲ A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tr… · fire-tested

Computed class: Fire-resistant (limited-evidence) — derived from the cited evidence by a published rule, never hand-assigned. Each chip above is one independent primary-evidence lineage and its direction. No plant is fireproof; condition and placement govern. Zone 0 is hardscape regardless.

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Fuscospora fusca opens with shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species, its selected laboratory lineage. The record remains limited evidence on the evidence table. A concise citation keeps that source intact without repeating the species name through a fragmented paper title.

The computed result is still on-list in the source rows. The related plants section supports comparison, and the existing genus page keeps other records apart within that genus. Both routes preserve this species' evidence depth and named lineage rather than exporting its result to another plant in the directory.

Form: tree
Region: New Zealand
Rated in: Global; New Zealand

On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions: Global; New Zealand
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.

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.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species — International Journal of Wildland Fire (Wyse, Perry, O'Connell, Holland, Wright, Hosted, Whitelock, Geary, Maurin, Curran) · 2016 · original source Primary evidence Lab-tested lineage: lincoln-nz-tree

“Moderate flammability category (Fig. 2)”

Shoot category from the paper's cluster analysis; samples were air-dried for 24 hours before testing.

Listed without a rating (18)

Corroboration (18 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

18 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- Primary study Alam2020: Alam, M. A., Wyse, S. V., Buckley, H. L., Perry, G. L. W., Sullivan, J. J., Mason, N. W. H., . . . Curran, T. J. (2020). Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits. Journal of Ecology, 108, 641-653.
  
  Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Alam2020-1; sampling ND.
  - “ignition frequency (%): 87.5”
    
    FLAMITS record 6; Ignitability measurement.
  - “maximum sample temperature (°C): 314.75”
    
    FLAMITS record 22; Combustibility measurement.
  - “burning duration (s): 5.75”
    
    FLAMITS record 38; Sustainability measurement.
  - “estimated burnt biomass (%): 18.13”
    
    FLAMITS record 54; Consumability measurement.
- Primary study Cui2020a: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Wyse, S. V., Alam, M. A., Maurin, K. J. L., Pieper, R., ... Curran, T. J. (2020a). Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form. Nature Plants, 6, 355-359.
  
  Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND.
  - “ignition frequency (%): 80.9”
    
    FLAMITS record 1440; Ignitability measurement.
  - “maximum sample temperature (°C): 299.9”
    
    FLAMITS record 1634; Combustibility measurement.
  - “burning duration (s): 8.2”
    
    FLAMITS record 1828; Sustainability measurement.
  - “estimated burnt biomass (%): 13.1”
    
    FLAMITS record 2022; Consumability measurement.
- Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
  
  Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-3; sampling summer.
  - Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.
    - “temperature at smoke (°C): 108.88”
      
      FLAMITS record 8455.
    - “temperature at smoke (°C): 126.66”
      
      FLAMITS record 8456.
    - “temperature at flaming (°C): 211.66”
      
      FLAMITS record 8670.
    - “temperature at flaming (°C): 192.07”
      
      FLAMITS record 8671.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 26.75”
      
      FLAMITS record 8885.
    - “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 28.76”
      
      FLAMITS record 8886.
- Primary study Wyse2016: Wyse, S. V., Perry, G. L. W., O'Connell, D. M., Holland, P. S., Wright, M. J., Hosted, C. L., ... Curran, T. J. (2016). A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species supports rankings based on expert opinion. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25, 466-477.
  
  Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Wyse2016-3; sampling ND.
  - “ignition frequency (%): 87.5”
    
    FLAMITS record 14356; Ignitability measurement.
  - “maximum sample temperature (°C): 296”
    
    FLAMITS record 14416; Combustibility measurement.
  - “burning duration (s): 5.8”
    
    FLAMITS record 14476; Sustainability measurement.
  - “estimated burnt biomass (%): 18.1”
    
    FLAMITS record 14536; Consumability measurement.

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