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tarajo holly

Ilex latifolia · Aquifoliaceae · all Ilex records · also called タラヨウ · Wikipedia

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Form: tree
Region: China
Rated in: Global; Japan

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: 1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global; Japan
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.

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.

Tree fire-protection classification in Hito to Shinrin: タラヨウ — Table 10-2 [tadaki-kira-1982-fire-protection-power] (with its recommendation)

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 (9)

Corroboration (9 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

9 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.
  
  Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND.
  - “time to flaming (s): 38.67”
    
    FLAMITS record 7057; Ignitability measurement.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 85.92”
      
      FLAMITS record 7083.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.47”
      
      FLAMITS record 7109.
    - “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1657.59”
      
      FLAMITS record 7135.
    - “total heat release (MJ/m²): 4.19”
      
      FLAMITS record 7161.
    - “smoke release rate (m²/s): 0.18”
      
      FLAMITS record 7213.
    - “smoke specific extinction area (m²/kg): 28.18”
      
      FLAMITS record 7239.
    - “energy flux (kW/m²): 24.96”
      
      FLAMITS record 7265.
  - “total smoke release (m²/m²): 40.37”
    
    FLAMITS record 7187; Consumability measurement.

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Ilex latifolia (タラヨウ). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/ilex-latifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-25.