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silver beech (Lophozonia menziesii)
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silver beech

Lophozonia menziesii (accepted: Nothofagus menziesii) · Nothofagaceae · Wikipedia

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Lophozonia menziesii records keep away recommendation on lophozonia menziesii. On lophozonia menziesii, limited evidence beside menziesii on Lophozonia menziesii. The facts answer different questions for lophozonia menziesii — Lophozonia menziesii. On lophozonia menziesii, avoid does not replace limited evidence for menziesii.

On lophozonia menziesii, Lophozonia menziesii also carries A quantitative assessment for menziesii. On lophozonia menziesii, Lophozonia menziesii also carries same form alternatives for menziesii.

Use evidence on lophozonia menziesii for menziesii. The sourced rows remain on lophozonia menziesii. On lophozonia menziesii, avoid sits with limited evidence on Lophozonia menziesii for menziesii.

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Form
tree
Region
New Zealand
Rated in
Global; New Zealand
Uses
timber
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; New Zealand

2. Why this plant is relevant here

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.

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.

Avoids (1)

Listed without a rating (10)
Corroboration (10 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

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

    • Primary study Alam2020: Alam, M. A., Wyse, S. V., Buckley, H. L., Perry, G. L. W., Sullivan, J. J., Mason, N. W. H., . . . Curran, T. J. (2020). Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits. Journal of Ecology, 108, 641-653.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Alam2020-1; sampling ND.

      • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

        FLAMITS record 8; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 679.38”

        FLAMITS record 24; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 47”

        FLAMITS record 40; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 40”

        FLAMITS record 56; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-3; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 124.52”

          FLAMITS record 8457.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 211.65”

          FLAMITS record 8458.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 239.34”

          FLAMITS record 8672.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 401.36”

          FLAMITS record 8673.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 27.65”

          FLAMITS record 8887.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 15.16”

          FLAMITS record 8888.

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