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Calabrian pine

Pinus brutia · Pinaceae · all Pinus records · also called Pinus brutia · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Region
Greece; Morocco; Turkey
Rated in
Global; Greece
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Global; Greece

2. Why this plant is relevant here

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.

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.

Avoids (1)

Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
Listed without a rating (37)
Corroboration (37 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

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

    • Primary study Dimitrakopoulos2001: Dimitrakopoulos, A. P., & Panov, P. I. (2001). Pyric properties of some dominant Mediterranean vegetation species. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 10, 23-27.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Dimitrakopoulos2001-1; sampling december.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4928.29”

        FLAMITS record 2959; plant part leaves.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4608.03”

        FLAMITS record 2965; plant part stems.

    • Primary study Dimitrakopoulos2011: Dimitrakopoulos, A. P., Mitsopoulos, I. D., & Kaliva, A. (2011). Short communication. Comparing flammability traits among fire-stricken (low elevation) and non fire- stricken (high elevation) conifer forest species of Europe: a test of the Mutch hypothesis. Forest Systems, 22, 134-137.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Dimitrakopoulos2011-1; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 21.79”

          FLAMITS record 2982.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 213.5”

          FLAMITS record 3002.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4665.15”

        FLAMITS record 2992; Combustibility measurement.

    • Primary study Hachmi2011: Hachmi, M. H., Sesbou, A., Benjelloun, H., El Handouz, N., & Bouanane, F. (2011). A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels. Journal of Combustion, 2011, 1-11.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Hachmi2011-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 6.8”

        FLAMITS record 4715; Ignitability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 17”

        FLAMITS record 4765; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 12.7”

        FLAMITS record 4766; Sustainability measurement.

    • Primary study Liodakis2002: Liodakis, S., Bakirtzis, D., & Lois, E. (2002). TG and autoignition studies on forest fuels. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 69, 519-528.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; site Liodakis2002-1; sampling january.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5109.94”

        FLAMITS record 6550; Combustibility measurement; device calorimeter.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; device muffle furnace.

        • “time to flaming (s): 50”

          FLAMITS record 6569.

        • “time to flaming (s): 39”

          FLAMITS record 6570.

        • “time to flaming (s): 33”

          FLAMITS record 6571.

        • “time to flaming (s): 31”

          FLAMITS record 6572.

        • “time to flaming (s): 25”

          FLAMITS record 6573.

        • “time to flaming (s): 21”

          FLAMITS record 6574.

        • “time to flaming (s): 18”

          FLAMITS record 6575.

        • “time to flaming (s): 17”

          FLAMITS record 6576.

        • “time to flaming (s): 14”

          FLAMITS record 6577.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13”

          FLAMITS record 6578.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10”

          FLAMITS record 6579.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.5”

          FLAMITS record 6580.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement; device thermal analyzer.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 65.5”

          FLAMITS record 6669.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 75.38”

          FLAMITS record 6675.

    • Primary study Liodakis2005: Liodakis, S., Vorisis, D., & Agiovlasitis, I. (2005). A method for measuring the relative particle fire hazard properties of forest species. Thermochimica Acta, 437, 150-157.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; site Liodakis2005-1; sampling ND.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 472”

        FLAMITS record 6680; Combustibility measurement; device muffle furnace.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; device muffle furnace.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 242”

          FLAMITS record 6686.

        • “time to flaming (s): 26604”

          FLAMITS record 6698.

      • “burning duration (s): 2232”

        FLAMITS record 6692; Sustainability measurement; device muffle furnace.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4941.92”

        FLAMITS record 6704; Combustibility measurement; device calorimeter.

    • Primary study Michelaki2020: Michelaki, C., Fyllas, N. M., Galanidis, A., Aloupi, M., Evangelou, E., Arianoutsou, M., & Dimitrakopoulos, P. G. (2020). Adaptive flammability syndromes in thermo-Mediterranean vegetation, captured by alternative resource-use strategies. Science of The Total Environment, 718, 137437.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel dead; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Michelaki2020-8; sampling spring.

      • “time to flaming (s): 923”

        FLAMITS record 9214; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 364”

        FLAMITS record 9215; Sustainability measurement.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0”

        FLAMITS record 9216; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 94.6”

        FLAMITS record 9217; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Guney2022: Güney, C. O., Sar?, A., Cekim, H. O., Küçüksille, E. U., ?entürk, Ö., Gülsoy, S., & Özkan, K. (2022). An advanced approach for leaf flammability index estimation. International journal of wildland fire, 31, 277-290.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Guney2022-1; sampling may and september 2017.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 305.1”

          FLAMITS record 16620.

        • “time to flaming (s): 20.6”

          FLAMITS record 16621.

      • “flame height (cm): 55.5”

        FLAMITS record 16622; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 16.1”

        FLAMITS record 16623; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 5.7”

        FLAMITS record 16624; Consumability measurement.

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