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Genista falcata

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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 (34)
Corroboration (34 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

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

    • 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.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling january.

        • “time to flaming (s): 29”

          FLAMITS record 7698.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8097.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling february.

        • “time to flaming (s): 33”

          FLAMITS record 7699.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 81”

          FLAMITS record 8098.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling march.

        • “time to flaming (s): 52”

          FLAMITS record 7700.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 28”

          FLAMITS record 8099.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling april.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9”

          FLAMITS record 7701.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8100.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling may.

        • “time to flaming (s): 14”

          FLAMITS record 7702.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 99”

          FLAMITS record 8101.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling june.

        • “time to flaming (s): 15”

          FLAMITS record 7703.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 99”

          FLAMITS record 8102.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling july.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7”

          FLAMITS record 7704.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8103.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling august.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9”

          FLAMITS record 7705.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8104.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling september.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9”

          FLAMITS record 7706.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8105.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling october.

        • “time to flaming (s): 24”

          FLAMITS record 7707.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 99”

          FLAMITS record 8106.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling november.

        • “time to flaming (s): 19”

          FLAMITS record 7708.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8107.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling december.

        • “time to flaming (s): 21”

          FLAMITS record 7709.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 8108.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5120”

        FLAMITS record 7898; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling ND.

      • “flammability value: 3”

        FLAMITS record 7946; Ignitability measurement; site Martin1989-5; sampling ND.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4987”

        FLAMITS record 8299; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-1; sampling spring.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5205.5”

        FLAMITS record 8300; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-1; sampling summer.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5098.5”

        FLAMITS record 8301; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-1; sampling autumn.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5253”

        FLAMITS record 8302; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-1; sampling winter.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4987”

        FLAMITS record 8303; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-2; sampling spring.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4958.5”

        FLAMITS record 8304; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-2; sampling summer.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4987.5”

        FLAMITS record 8305; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-2; sampling autumn.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5044.5”

        FLAMITS record 8306; Combustibility measurement; site Martin1989-2; sampling winter.

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