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Pinchot's juniper

Juniperus pinchotii · Cupressaceae · all Juniperus records · also called Juniperus pinchotii · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
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

State distribution
Documented in NM, OK, TX.
Native range
Current cited native range in AZ, NM, OK, TX.

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.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

4

exact source areas

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

4 native source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Arizona (AZ)
  • New Mexico (NM)
  • Oklahoma (OK)
  • Texas (TX)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (25)
Corroboration (25 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

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

    • Primary study Bunting1983: Bunting, S. C., Wright, H. A., & Wallace, W. H. (1983). Seasonal variation in the ignition time of redberry juniper in west Texas Flammability, Juniperus pinchotii, prescribed burning. Journal of Range Management Archives, 36, 169-171.

      Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device burning bench; site Bunting1983-1.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling june.

        • “time to flaming (s): 34.85”

          FLAMITS record 1021.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25.72”

          FLAMITS record 1033.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling july.

        • “time to flaming (s): 43.13”

          FLAMITS record 1022.

        • “time to flaming (s): 20.55”

          FLAMITS record 1034.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling august.

        • “time to flaming (s): 55.64”

          FLAMITS record 1023.

        • “time to flaming (s): 29.31”

          FLAMITS record 1035.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling september.

        • “time to flaming (s): 47.96”

          FLAMITS record 1024.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25.12”

          FLAMITS record 1036.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling october.

        • “time to flaming (s): 37.04”

          FLAMITS record 1025.

        • “time to flaming (s): 27.42”

          FLAMITS record 1037.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling november.

        • “time to flaming (s): 32.36”

          FLAMITS record 1026.

        • “time to flaming (s): 30.46”

          FLAMITS record 1038.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling december.

        • “time to flaming (s): 26.43”

          FLAMITS record 1027.

        • “time to flaming (s): 23.53”

          FLAMITS record 1039.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling january.

        • “time to flaming (s): 24.74”

          FLAMITS record 1028.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25.07”

          FLAMITS record 1040.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling february.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25.78”

          FLAMITS record 1029.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25.62”

          FLAMITS record 1041.

      • “time to flaming (s): 21.1”

        FLAMITS record 1030; sampling march.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling april.

        • “time to flaming (s): 21.14”

          FLAMITS record 1031.

        • “time to flaming (s): 28.91”

          FLAMITS record 1042.

      • Shared measurement context: sampling may.

        • “time to flaming (s): 22.43”

          FLAMITS record 1032.

        • “time to flaming (s): 30.95”

          FLAMITS record 1043.

    • Primary study Jones2015: Jones, J., Saddawi, A., Dooley, B., Mitchell, E., Werner, J., Waldron, D., ... Williams, A. (2015). Low temperature ignition of biomass. Fuel processing technology, 134, 372-377.

      Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device thermal analyzer; site Jones2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “temperature at flaming (°C): 269”

        FLAMITS record 5443; Ignitability measurement.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5273.71”

        FLAMITS record 5445; Combustibility measurement.

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