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rusty staggerbush (Lyonia ferruginea)
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rusty staggerbush

Lyonia ferruginea · Ericaceae · all Lyonia records · also called Rusty lyonia · Wikipedia

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Lyonia ferruginea binds keep away recommendation on lyonia ferruginea. On lyonia ferruginea, limited evidence beside ferruginea on Lyonia ferruginea. The facts answer different questions for lyonia ferruginea — Lyonia ferruginea. On lyonia ferruginea, avoid does not replace limited evidence for ferruginea.

On lyonia ferruginea, Lyonia ferruginea also carries Flammability of native for ferruginea. On lyonia ferruginea, Lyonia ferruginea also carries same form alternatives for ferruginea.

Use evidence on lyonia ferruginea for ferruginea. The sourced rows remain on lyonia ferruginea. On lyonia ferruginea, avoid sits with limited evidence on Lyonia ferruginea for ferruginea.

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Form
shrub
Rated in
north-central Florida
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
north-central Florida

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in FL, GA, SC.
Native range
Current cited native range in FL, GA, SC.

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

3

exact source areas

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

3 native source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Florida (FL)
  • Georgia (GA)
  • South Carolina (SC)

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.

Avoids (1)

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Last verified 2026-08-24. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Lyonia ferruginea (Rusty lyonia). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lyonia-ferruginea/. Last verified 2026-08-24.