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Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata)
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Siberian crab apple

Malus baccata · Rosaceae · all Malus records · also called Siberian crabapple · Wikipedia

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Malus baccata names limited evidence on malus baccata. On malus baccata, Ordering and sorting of next to baccata on Malus baccata. The facts stay as separate jobs for malus baccata — Malus baccata. On malus baccata, limited evidence does not replace Ordering and sorting for baccata.

On malus baccata, Malus baccata also carries 1 ecological invasive reports for baccata. On malus baccata, Malus baccata also carries cured test condition for baccata.

Use evidence on malus baccata for baccata. Use test conditions on malus baccata for baccata. The sourced rows remain on malus baccata.

Form
tree
Mature height
~20 ft
Light
Full sun
Rated in
Global; Northeast China; eastern US
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Global; Northeast China; eastern US

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CT, DC, DE, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, WA, WV.
Introduced / established
23 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness
Only uncertain or inapplicable hardiness rows are cited; no primary zone is projected.

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

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

22

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

22 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Connecticut (CT)
  • Illinois (IL)
  • Kentucky (KY)
  • Massachusetts (MA)
  • Maine (ME)
  • Michigan (MI)
  • Minnesota (MN)
  • Missouri (MO)
  • North Carolina (NC)
  • New Hampshire (NH)
  • New Jersey (NJ)
  • New York (NY)
  • Ohio (OH)
  • Pennsylvania (PA)
  • Rhode I. (RI)
  • South Carolina (SC)
  • Tennessee (TN)
  • Virginia (VA)
  • Vermont (VT)
  • Wisconsin (WI)
  • West Virginia (WV)
  • Wyoming (WY)

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.

Plant hardiness evidence

These values describe the plant source. Your ZIP zone comes from the separate 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Whole-zone values stay whole-zone, and a single unresolved value is not treated as a tolerance range. Different source boundaries stay separate: overlapping statements are compared independently, while only ranges with no shared zone are called a conflict.

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

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.

Recommends (1)

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Listed without a rating (2)
Corroboration (2 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

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

    • Primary study Shan2008: Shan, Y., Liu, N., & Shu, L. (2008). Flammability ranking of foliage species by factor analysis of physical and chemical pyric properties. Fire and Materials: An International Journal, 32, 371-382.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; site Shan2008-1; sampling ND.

      • “temperature at flaming (°C): 283”

        FLAMITS record 12576; Ignitability measurement; device ignition temperature tester.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4489.48”

        FLAMITS record 12577; Combustibility measurement; device calorimeter.

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Malus baccata (Siberian crabapple). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/malus-baccata/. Last verified 2026-08-23.