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Miconia crenata · Melastomataceae · all Miconia records · also called Clidemia hirta

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Form
shrub
Region
Cuba
Rated in
Global
On this lot

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

Native range
Current cited native range in PR.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. 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

1

exact source area

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 native source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Puerto Rico (PR)
1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Hawaii (HI)

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 (48)
Corroboration (48 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

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

    • Primary study Rodriguez2016: Rodriguez, Y. C., Rodriguez, M. P. R., Mesa, F. J., Hernandez, Y. C., & Becerra, L. W. M. (2016). Flammability of plant species of pine ecosystem. Revista Cubana De Ciencias Forestales, 4, 36-47.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Rodriguez2016-1; sampling november to october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.24”

          FLAMITS record 10988.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.42”

          FLAMITS record 10989.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.05”

          FLAMITS record 10990.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.87”

          FLAMITS record 10991.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.08”

          FLAMITS record 10992.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.28”

          FLAMITS record 10993.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.95”

          FLAMITS record 10994.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.82”

          FLAMITS record 10995.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.79”

          FLAMITS record 10996.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.83”

          FLAMITS record 10997.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.94”

          FLAMITS record 10998.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.17”

          FLAMITS record 10999.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11276.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11277.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11278.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11279.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11280.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11281.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11282.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11283.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11284.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11285.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11286.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11287.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.88”

          FLAMITS record 11084.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.61”

          FLAMITS record 11085.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.22”

          FLAMITS record 11086.

        • “flaming duration (s): 13.85”

          FLAMITS record 11087.

        • “flaming duration (s): 17.03”

          FLAMITS record 11088.

        • “flaming duration (s): 15.69”

          FLAMITS record 11089.

        • “flaming duration (s): 17.76”

          FLAMITS record 11090.

        • “flaming duration (s): 12.45”

          FLAMITS record 11091.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.03”

          FLAMITS record 11092.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.49”

          FLAMITS record 11093.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.18”

          FLAMITS record 11094.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.99”

          FLAMITS record 11095.

        • “burning duration (s): 49”

          FLAMITS record 11180.

        • “burning duration (s): 52”

          FLAMITS record 11181.

        • “burning duration (s): 55”

          FLAMITS record 11182.

        • “burning duration (s): 46”

          FLAMITS record 11183.

        • “burning duration (s): 53”

          FLAMITS record 11184.

        • “burning duration (s): 52”

          FLAMITS record 11185.

        • “burning duration (s): 50”

          FLAMITS record 11186.

        • “burning duration (s): 48”

          FLAMITS record 11187.

        • “burning duration (s): 47”

          FLAMITS record 11188.

        • “burning duration (s): 44”

          FLAMITS record 11189.

        • “burning duration (s): 54”

          FLAMITS record 11190.

        • “burning duration (s): 56”

          FLAMITS record 11191.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Miconia crenata (Clidemia hirta). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/miconia-crenata/. Last verified 2026-08-25.