splendid feather moss
Hylocomium splendens
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- groundcover
- Rated in
- Global
United States / Grow / splendid feather moss
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- Evidence regions
- Global
- Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in NY.
- 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
Listed without a rating (3)
Corroboration (3 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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Primary study vanAltena2012: van Altena, C., van Logtestijn, R. S., Cornwell, W. K., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2012). Species composition and fire: non-additive mixture effects on ground fuel flammability. Front Plant Sci, 3, 63.
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“maximum flame temperature (°C): 431.22”
FLAMITS record 13387; Combustibility measurement.
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“flaming duration (s): 40.55”
FLAMITS record 13392.
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“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.5”
FLAMITS record 13397.
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