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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: No test or rating condition is normalized.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 0 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: No state distribution is normalized.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
Introduced / established: No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status: Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
Seed-list status: Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
Reported invasive here: No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
Broader regional context: Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
Federal context: Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.

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.

Form: tree
Region: Italy; Morocco
Rated in: Global
Family: Cupressaceae
Evidence: 16 cited sources

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 (16)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “time to flaming (s): 68.3” · score 68.3 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2586; Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 247.6” · score 247.6 (FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 2587; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4179.8” · score 4179.8 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 2588; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.9” · score 0.9 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2589; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “burnt biomass (%): 92.7” · score 92.7 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 2590; Consumability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “time to flaming (s): 13.7” · score 13.7 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2606; Ignitability measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 176.6” · score 176.6 (FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 2607; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3391.61” · score 3391.61 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 2608; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.08” · score 0.08 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2609; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “burnt biomass (%): 79.2” · score 79.2 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 2610; Consumability measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “time to flaming (s): 55.3” · score 55.3 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2622; Ignitability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 63.5” · score 63.5 (FLAMITS — maximum energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 2623; Combustibility measurement; plant part bark; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “flaming duration (s): 551” · score 551 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2624; Sustainability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DellaRocca2018-1; sampling september. Primary study DellaRocca2018: Della Rocca, G., Danti, R., Hernando, C., Guijarro, M., & Madrigal, J. (2018). Flammability of Two Mediterranean Mixed Forests: Study of the Non-additive Effect of Fuel Mixtures in Laboratory. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 825.
- “time to flaming (s): 4.9” · score 4.9 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 4710; Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Hachmi2011-1; sampling ND. Primary study Hachmi2011: Hachmi, M. H., Sesbou, A., Benjelloun, H., El Handouz, N., & Bouanane, F. (2011). A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels. Journal of Combustion, 2011, 1-11.
- “flame height (cm): 15” · score 15 (FLAMITS — flame height (cm))
  
  FLAMITS record 4755; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Hachmi2011-1; sampling ND. Primary study Hachmi2011: Hachmi, M. H., Sesbou, A., Benjelloun, H., El Handouz, N., & Bouanane, F. (2011). A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels. Journal of Combustion, 2011, 1-11.
- “burning duration (s): 14.3” · score 14.3 (FLAMITS — burning duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 4756; Sustainability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Hachmi2011-1; sampling ND. Primary study Hachmi2011: Hachmi, M. H., Sesbou, A., Benjelloun, H., El Handouz, N., & Bouanane, F. (2011). A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels. Journal of Combustion, 2011, 1-11.

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