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Form
shrub
Region
Italy
Rated in
Global
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
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.
Listed without a rating (9)Corroboration (9 rows from 1 source)
9 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Massari1998: Massari, G., & Leopaldi, A. (1998). Leaf flammability in Mediterranean species. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, 132, 29-38.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Massari1998-1; sampling ND.
Primary study Pellizzaro2007a: Pellizzaro, G., Duce, P., Ventura, A., & Zara, P. (2007). Seasonal variations of live moisture content and ignitability in shrubs of the Mediterranean Basin. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 16, 633-641.
Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Pellizzaro2007a-1; sampling october.
“time to flaming (s): 26”
FLAMITS record 10443.
“time to flaming (s): 23”
FLAMITS record 10444.
Primary study Pellizzaro2007c: Pellizaro, G., Cesaraccio, C., Duce, P., Ventura, A., & Zara, P. (2007). Weather seasonality and pattern of thermochemical properties in vegetation living in the mediterranean basin. Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology. Bar Harbor, Maine,USA.
Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Pellizzaro2007c-1; sampling october 2003 and october 2004.
