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Chinese red pine

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

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Form
tree
Region
China
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

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 (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 Yang2023: Yang, W., Bakar, B. A., Mamat, H., Gong, L., & Nursyamsi, N. (2023). A Laboratory-Scale Study of Selected Chinese Typical Flammable Wildland Timbers Ignition Formation Mechanism. Fire, 6, 20

      Shared row context: plant part wood; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Yang2023-5; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 191”

          FLAMITS record 19616.

        • “time to flaming (s): 210”

          FLAMITS record 19617.

        • “time to flaming (s): 306”

          FLAMITS record 19618.

        • “time to flaming (s): 32”

          FLAMITS record 19619.

        • “time to flaming (s): 77”

          FLAMITS record 19620.

        • “time to flaming (s): 76”

          FLAMITS record 19621.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13”

          FLAMITS record 19622.

        • “time to flaming (s): 22”

          FLAMITS record 19623.

        • “time to flaming (s): 32”

          FLAMITS record 19624.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 162.09”

          FLAMITS record 19679.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 143.78”

          FLAMITS record 19680.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 155.35”

          FLAMITS record 19681.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 188.32”

          FLAMITS record 19682.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 201.87”

          FLAMITS record 19683.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 151.95”

          FLAMITS record 19684.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 319.2”

          FLAMITS record 19685.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 281.91”

          FLAMITS record 19686.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 203.15”

          FLAMITS record 19687.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 16.16”

          FLAMITS record 19742.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 13.58”

          FLAMITS record 19743.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 13.4”

          FLAMITS record 19744.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 13.3”

          FLAMITS record 19745.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 13.88”

          FLAMITS record 19746.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 7.54”

          FLAMITS record 19747.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 14.57”

          FLAMITS record 19748.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 14.06”

          FLAMITS record 19749.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 10.05”

          FLAMITS record 19750.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 1027”

          FLAMITS record 19805.

        • “flaming duration (s): 1217.3”

          FLAMITS record 19806.

        • “flaming duration (s): 1112”

          FLAMITS record 19807.

        • “flaming duration (s): 805”

          FLAMITS record 19808.

        • “flaming duration (s): 822”

          FLAMITS record 19809.

        • “flaming duration (s): 441.7”

          FLAMITS record 19810.

        • “flaming duration (s): 469”

          FLAMITS record 19811.

        • “flaming duration (s): 566.3”

          FLAMITS record 19812.

        • “flaming duration (s): 1714.7”

          FLAMITS record 19813.

    • Primary study Song2023: Song, J. (2023). Flaming Ignition of PMMA, Pine Wood and Pine Needle by External Radiation: Autoignition and Radiant Distance Effect. Fire 6, 163.

      Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Song2023-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part leaves.

        • “time to flaming (s): 168.07”

          FLAMITS record 19961.

        • “time to flaming (s): 150.69”

          FLAMITS record 19962.

        • “time to flaming (s): 98.82”

          FLAMITS record 19963.

        • “time to flaming (s): 40.95”

          FLAMITS record 19964.

        • “time to flaming (s): 43.83”

          FLAMITS record 19965.

        • “time to flaming (s): 60.62”

          FLAMITS record 19966.

      • Shared measurement context: plant part wood.

        • “time to flaming (s): 132.28”

          FLAMITS record 19967.

        • “time to flaming (s): 115.98”

          FLAMITS record 19968.

        • “time to flaming (s): 91.49”

          FLAMITS record 19969.

        • “time to flaming (s): 80.4”

          FLAMITS record 19970.

        • “time to flaming (s): 89.82”

          FLAMITS record 19971.

        • “time to flaming (s): 93.01”

          FLAMITS record 19972.

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