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Maytenus boaria · Celastraceae · all Maytenus records · also called Maytenus boaria · Wikipedia

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

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

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)

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 (25)
Corroboration (25 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

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

    • Primary study Bianchi2019: Bianchi, L. O., Oddi, F .J., Muñoz, M., & Defossé, G. E. (2019). Comparison of leaf moisture content and ignition characteristics among native species and exotic conifers in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Forest Science, 65, 375-386.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Bianchi2019-1; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 19.9”

          FLAMITS record 690.

        • “flammability value: 2.4”

          FLAMITS record 726.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 67.9”

          FLAMITS record 744.

      • “burning duration (s): 9.2”

        FLAMITS record 708; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Blackhall2012: Blackhall, M., Raffaele, E., & Veblen, T.T. (2012). Is foliar flammability of woody species related to time since fire and herbivory in northwest Patagonia, Argentina? Journal of Vegetation Science, 23, 931-941.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device epiradiator; site Blackhall2012-1; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 1.64”

          FLAMITS record 769.

        • “time to flaming (s): 1.88”

          FLAMITS record 770.

        • “time to flaming (s): 2.27”

          FLAMITS record 771.

        • “time to flaming (s): 1.97”

          FLAMITS record 772.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 9.86”

          FLAMITS record 793.

        • “burning duration (s): 8.26”

          FLAMITS record 794.

        • “burning duration (s): 8.26”

          FLAMITS record 795.

        • “burning duration (s): 10.92”

          FLAMITS record 796.

    • Primary study Blackhall2019: Blackhall, M., & Raffaele, E. (2019). Flammability of Patagonian invaders and natives: When exotic plant species affect live fine fuel ignitability in wildland-urban interfaces. Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, 1-10.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Blackhall2019-1; sampling february.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 34.3”

          FLAMITS record 816.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 50”

          FLAMITS record 909.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 237”

          FLAMITS record 847.

        • “heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1844”

          FLAMITS record 940.

      • “flaming duration (s): 27.9”

        FLAMITS record 878; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Cui2020a: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Wyse, S. V., Alam, M. A., Maurin, K. J. L., Pieper, R., ... Curran, T. J. (2020a). Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form. Nature Plants, 6, 355-359.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND.

      • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

        FLAMITS record 1430; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 399.7”

        FLAMITS record 1624; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 7.3”

        FLAMITS record 1818; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 26.7”

        FLAMITS record 2012; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Gowda2021: Gowda, J. H., Blackhall, M., Shipley, L., Kitzberger, T., & Tiribelli, F. (2022). Are digestibility and flammability related? Two variables shaping landscape dynamics of Northwestern Patagonian forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 503, 119810.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Gowda2021-1; sampling november to february.

      • “time to flaming (s): 31”

        FLAMITS record 4021; Ignitability measurement.

      • “flaming duration (s): 25.5”

        FLAMITS record 4029; Sustainability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 190.55”

          FLAMITS record 4039.

        • “heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1220”

          FLAMITS record 4047.

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Maytenus boaria (Maytenus boaria). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/maytenus-boaria/. Last verified 2026-08-25.