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Caribbean pine

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

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tree
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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

State distribution
Documented in HI, PR.

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.

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 (64)
Corroboration (64 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

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

    • Primary study DeFreitas2014: De Freitas Rocha, M. A., & Landesmann, A. (2016). Combustion properties of Brazilian natural wood species. Fire and Materials, 40, 219-228.

      Shared row context: plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DeFreitas2014-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 146.7”

          FLAMITS record 2244.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 2827.93”

          FLAMITS record 2247.

        • “percentage rate of mass loss (%/s): 0.1”

          FLAMITS record 2249.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 146.15”

          FLAMITS record 2250.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 2310.83”

          FLAMITS record 2254.

        • “percentage rate of mass loss (%/s): 0.08”

          FLAMITS record 2255.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 73.85”

          FLAMITS record 2281.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 81.25”

          FLAMITS record 2282.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 51.5”

          FLAMITS record 2245.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 377.5”

          FLAMITS record 2246.

        • “time to flaming (s): 46”

          FLAMITS record 2252.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 354”

          FLAMITS record 2253.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 76”

          FLAMITS record 2248.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 76”

          FLAMITS record 2251.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 745.5”

          FLAMITS record 2270.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 878”

          FLAMITS record 2271.

    • 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): 10.37”

          FLAMITS record 10940.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.01”

          FLAMITS record 10941.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.98”

          FLAMITS record 10942.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13.25”

          FLAMITS record 10943.

        • “time to flaming (s): 15.12”

          FLAMITS record 10944.

        • “time to flaming (s): 15.65”

          FLAMITS record 10945.

        • “time to flaming (s): 16.25”

          FLAMITS record 10946.

        • “time to flaming (s): 15.24”

          FLAMITS record 10947.

        • “time to flaming (s): 14.71”

          FLAMITS record 10948.

        • “time to flaming (s): 18.43”

          FLAMITS record 10949.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.39”

          FLAMITS record 10950.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.91”

          FLAMITS record 10951.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11228.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11229.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11230.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11231.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11232.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11233.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11234.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11235.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11236.

        • “flammability value: 3”

          FLAMITS record 11237.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11238.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11239.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.2”

          FLAMITS record 11036.

        • “flaming duration (s): 13.3”

          FLAMITS record 11037.

        • “flaming duration (s): 20.02”

          FLAMITS record 11038.

        • “flaming duration (s): 12.7”

          FLAMITS record 11039.

        • “flaming duration (s): 16.45”

          FLAMITS record 11040.

        • “flaming duration (s): 16.56”

          FLAMITS record 11041.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.71”

          FLAMITS record 11042.

        • “flaming duration (s): 14.63”

          FLAMITS record 11043.

        • “flaming duration (s): 16.7”

          FLAMITS record 11044.

        • “flaming duration (s): 13.37”

          FLAMITS record 11045.

        • “flaming duration (s): 15.84”

          FLAMITS record 11046.

        • “flaming duration (s): 18.16”

          FLAMITS record 11047.

        • “burning duration (s): 40”

          FLAMITS record 11132.

        • “burning duration (s): 31”

          FLAMITS record 11133.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11134.

        • “burning duration (s): 35”

          FLAMITS record 11135.

        • “burning duration (s): 42”

          FLAMITS record 11136.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11137.

        • “burning duration (s): 38”

          FLAMITS record 11138.

        • “burning duration (s): 42”

          FLAMITS record 11139.

        • “burning duration (s): 52”

          FLAMITS record 11140.

        • “burning duration (s): 42”

          FLAMITS record 11141.

        • “burning duration (s): 38”

          FLAMITS record 11142.

        • “burning duration (s): 38”

          FLAMITS record 11143.

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