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Lespedeza cuneata binds limited evidence. Then 2 legal list rows (IN, NY) on Lespedeza cuneata. The citations do not collapse — Lespedeza cuneata. On lespedeza cuneata, limited evidence does not replace 2 legal list rows. Lespedeza cuneata is the taxon those two facts attach to.
Lespedeza cuneata also carries 1 seed list rows. Lespedeza cuneata also carries 1 ecological invasive reports.
Use evidence on Lespedeza cuneata. Use legal-list on Lespedeza cuneata. Lespedeza cuneata keeps the sourced table. On lespedeza cuneata, limited evidence sits with 2 legal list rows on Lespedeza cuneata.
Form
shrub
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
Documented in AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV.
Native range
Introduced / established
13 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
2 legal-list records; the Place chip matches exact scope.
Seed-list status
1 state noxious-weed seed record; the Place chip matches exact scope.
Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
Broader regional context
Federal context
Plant-specific state seed-list reviews (2)
These source-bound receipts answer only the July 2026 state noxious-weed seed-list question.
This answers only whether the plant identity appears in the July 2026 state noxious-weed seed sheet. It does not establish non-seed plant legal status, ecological-invasive status, nursery-sale rules, or unrestricted use.
KS · Seed-list name scope unresolved. An exact source taxon is governed by “Noxious Weeds” or an applicable source note, so the qualified row is held instead of publishing an unconditional result. Held source row: usda-ams-state-noxious-weed-seed-2026:KS:055. Governing seed section: Noxious Weeds; normalized seed-kind scope: state seed list general; applicable note rows usda-ams-state-noxious-weed-seed-2026:KS:039.Official USDA seed requirements.Normalized source record.
NE · Seed-list name scope unresolved. An exact source taxon is governed by “Primary” or an applicable source note, so the qualified row is held instead of publishing an unconditional result. Held source row: usda-ams-state-noxious-weed-seed-2026:NE:010. Governing seed section: Primary; normalized seed-kind scope: state seed list general; applicable note rows usda-ams-state-noxious-weed-seed-2026:NE:054.Official USDA seed requirements.Normalized source record.
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.
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 (20)Corroboration (20 rows from 1 source)
20 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Barnes2022: Barnes, A. G., Kane, J. M., McKenzie, D. A., & Koerner, B. A. (2022). Invasion of a non?native forb reduces flammability in a fire?dependent ecosystem. Ecosphere, 13, e3995.
Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Barnes2022-1; sampling fall 2017.
