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Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi)
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Jeffrey pine

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Form
tree
Mature height
~180 ft
Water need
moderate
Rated in
Global; Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California; southern Idaho / Intermountain
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
2 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Global; Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California; southern Idaho / Intermountain
Typed publication scope: 2 scopes across 2 cited fire sources
  • Fire Resistance of Plants Master Database · Official scoped edition
    • Southern Idaho (ID footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2013-11-08

      The official database labels itself "For Southern Idaho" and describes Idaho residents at the urban-rangeland interface. FireApproved publishes 419 existing plant owners that cite its scored rows. This bounded Southern Idaho scope is regional context, not statewide coverage or a conclusion that the score transfers unchanged to every Idaho site.

  • Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity (Ed. Bulletin 06-01) · Official scoped edition
    • Lake Tahoe Basin (CA, NV footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2006-01-01

      Nevada Division of Forestry and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension publish Bulletin 06-01 for the Lake Tahoe Basin and vicinity. FireApproved publishes 83 exact rated owners as basin context across Nevada and California. Rough estimates are not statewide or site ratings.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA, ID, NV, OR.
Native range
Current cited native range in CA, NV, OR.
USDA hardiness
Documented minimum 3a; no upper limit is documented.

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

3

exact source areas

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

3 native source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)
  • Nevada (NV)
  • Oregon (OR)

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.

Plant hardiness evidence

These values describe the plant source. Your ZIP zone comes from the separate 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Whole-zone values stay whole-zone, and a single unresolved value is not treated as a tolerance range. Different source boundaries stay separate: overlapping statements are compared independently, while only ranges with no shared zone are called a conflict.

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 (2)

Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity (Ed. Bulletin 06-01) — Nevada Division of Forestry / University of Nevada Cooperative Extension · Bulletin 06-01 (2006) · original source Corroboration Compilation lineage: unr-tree

    “high — Pine, Jeffrey — Pinus jeffreyi”

    Table 1's Fire Hazard column prints “high” for this taxon. The guide calls the rating a rough estimate of potential flammability, not a result of scientific trials. Its footnote says plants that turn brown often become high fire hazards and tells readers to mow grasses and forbs when they begin to turn brown.

Listed without a rating (63)
Corroboration (63 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

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

    • Primary study deMagalhaes2012: De Magalhães, R. M. Q., & Schwilk, D. W. (2012). Leaf traits and litter flammability: evidence for non-additive mixture effects in a temperate forest. Journal of Ecology, 100, 1153-1163.

      Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device burning bench; site deMagalhaes2012-1; sampling summer.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.7”

        FLAMITS record 2631; Ignitability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 487.5”

          FLAMITS record 2639.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.32”

          FLAMITS record 2647.

      • “flame height (cm): 106”

        FLAMITS record 2655; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 95.4”

        FLAMITS record 2663; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Fonda2001: Fonda, R. W. (2001). Burning characteristics of needles from eight pine species. Forest Science, 47, 390-396.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Fonda2001-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 67.3”

          FLAMITS record 3367.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.04”

          FLAMITS record 3371.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 79.2”

          FLAMITS record 3368.

        • “burning duration (s): 385.8”

          FLAMITS record 3369.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 90”

        FLAMITS record 3370; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Fonda2004: Fonda, R., & Varner, J. (2004). Burning characteristics of cones from eight pine species. Northwest Science, 78, 322-333.

      Shared row context: plant part cones; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Fonda2004-1; sampling august to october.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 69.3”

          FLAMITS record 3392.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.02”

          FLAMITS record 3397.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 262”

          FLAMITS record 3393.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 4412”

          FLAMITS record 3394.

        • “burning duration (s): 4674”

          FLAMITS record 3395.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 89”

        FLAMITS record 3396; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study vanWagtendonk1998: Van Wagdendonk, J., Sydoriak, W. M., & Benedict, J. M. (1998). Heat content variation of Sierra Nevada conifers. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 8, 147-158.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site vanWagtendonk1998-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part leaves.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 599.5”

          FLAMITS record 13435.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5051.59”

          FLAMITS record 13437.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part litter.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 432.31”

          FLAMITS record 13436.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5171.01”

          FLAMITS record 13438.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part wood.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5225.95”

          FLAMITS record 13511.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5073.09”

          FLAMITS record 13512.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5340.59”

          FLAMITS record 13513.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5132.8”

          FLAMITS record 13514.

    • Primary study Varner2022: Varner, J. M., Shearman, T. M., Kane, J. M., Banwell, E., Jules, E., & Stambaugh, M. (2022). Understanding flammability and bark thickness in the genus Pinus using a phylogenetic approach. Scientific Reports, 12, 7384.

      Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Varner2022-15; sampling ND.

      • “flame height (cm): 83.9”

        FLAMITS record 15689; Combustibility measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 105.1”

          FLAMITS record 15690.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 410.7”

          FLAMITS record 15691.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 89”

        FLAMITS record 15692; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study deMagalhaes2017: de Magalhães, R. (2017). The effect of leaf traits on litter flammability in mixed-conifer forest. PhD. Dissertation. Texas Tech University.

      Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device burning bench; site deMagalhaes2017-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.58”

          FLAMITS record 16886.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.74”

          FLAMITS record 16887.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.44”

          FLAMITS record 16888.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.09”

          FLAMITS record 16889.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.29”

          FLAMITS record 16890.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.11”

          FLAMITS record 16891.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13.07”

          FLAMITS record 16892.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 1197.59”

          FLAMITS record 16893.

        • “burning duration (s): 871.66”

          FLAMITS record 16894.

        • “burning duration (s): 1007.88”

          FLAMITS record 16895.

        • “burning duration (s): 822.34”

          FLAMITS record 16896.

        • “burning duration (s): 761.9”

          FLAMITS record 16897.

        • “burning duration (s): 262.39”

          FLAMITS record 16898.

        • “burning duration (s): 34.88”

          FLAMITS record 16899.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.154”

          FLAMITS record 16914.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.191”

          FLAMITS record 16915.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.121”

          FLAMITS record 16916.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.116”

          FLAMITS record 16917.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.097”

          FLAMITS record 16918.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.08”

          FLAMITS record 16919.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.04”

          FLAMITS record 16920.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 878”

          FLAMITS record 16900.

        • “flame height (cm): 916”

          FLAMITS record 16901.

        • “flame height (cm): 792”

          FLAMITS record 16902.

        • “flame height (cm): 634”

          FLAMITS record 16903.

        • “flame height (cm): 606.67”

          FLAMITS record 16904.

        • “flame height (cm): 364”

          FLAMITS record 16905.

        • “flame height (cm): 158”

          FLAMITS record 16906.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 84.07”

          FLAMITS record 16907.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 88.24”

          FLAMITS record 16908.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 56.41”

          FLAMITS record 16909.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 42.07”

          FLAMITS record 16910.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 28.14”

          FLAMITS record 16911.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 6.31”

          FLAMITS record 16912.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 1.66”

          FLAMITS record 16913.

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Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/pinus-jeffreyi/. Last verified 2026-08-23.