Lenga Beech
Nothofagus pumilio
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- tree
- Region
- Argentina
- Rated in
- Global
United States / Grow / Lenga Beech
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- Evidence regions
- Global
- Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Native range
- Introduced / established
- USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
- Legal-list status
- Seed-list status
- Reported invasive here
- Broader regional context
- Federal context
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
Listed without a rating (13)
Corroboration (13 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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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.
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“time to flaming (s): 15.2”
FLAMITS record 688.
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“flammability value: 2.3”
FLAMITS record 724.
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“ignition frequency (%): 61.46”
FLAMITS record 742.
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“burning duration (s): 9.4”
FLAMITS record 706; Sustainability measurement.
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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.
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“time to flaming (s): 26.4”
FLAMITS record 823.
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“ignition frequency (%): 50”
FLAMITS record 916.
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“maximum sample temperature (°C): 245”
FLAMITS record 854.
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“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 2572”
FLAMITS record 947.
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“flaming duration (s): 43.7”
FLAMITS record 885; Sustainability measurement.
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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.
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“time to flaming (s): 36”
FLAMITS record 4024; Ignitability measurement.
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“flaming duration (s): 25”
FLAMITS record 4030; Sustainability measurement.
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“maximum flame temperature (°C): 185.8”
FLAMITS record 4040.
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“heat released per mass (°C s/g): 1207”
FLAMITS record 4048.
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