longleaf pine

Pinus palustris · Pinaceae · all Pinus records · also called Long leaf pine · Wikipedia

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Longleaf pine is not fire resistant; published guidance consistently treats it as highly flammable and unsuitable near structures.

All six assessments advise avoidance. NC State’s extension service rated the species high in 2005 and again in 2025, while its current Plant Toolbox also tags it as highly flammable. Virginia Cooperative Extension assigned it an H on a three-point flammability scale, a rating that maps to avoidance. The USDA Forest Service and state Firewise programs placed it in the least favorable category on their four-part scale.

The Alabama Forestry Commission gives the clearest placement guidance: longleaf pine is one of four fire-prone plants it says to avoid within 30 feet of a house. Although these organizations use different rating systems, their conclusions agree across North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, and the eastern United States.

Longleaf pine is a tree in the pine family, native to the Southeastern and South-Central United States. The USDA Forest Service and state Firewise programs note its 12-inch needles in bundles of three. Those traits identify the species, but the practical decision rests on the repeated flammability findings. It should not be selected as fire-resistant landscaping and does not belong near structures.

Fire-resistant trees instead

Form: tree
Mature height: ~50 ft
Light: Full sun
Water need: moderate
Rated in: Alabama; Global; NC; North Carolina +3

On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: 1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence: 3 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Alabama; Global; NC; North Carolina; North Carolina / southeastern US; Virginia / Mid-Atlantic; eastern US
Maintenance

Typed publication scope: 3 scopes across 3 cited fire sources

Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes · Official scoped edition
- AL; partial normalized coverage
  The Alabama Forestry Commission's five-page AFC-FP-04 booklet is an Alabama publication and contains 31 printed suggested or fire-prone plant occurrences. FireApproved publishes 27 exact species or genus owners and holds one infraspecific form plus two named cultivars; this historical source scope does not establish current site suitability for a particular Alabama property.
Fire-Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina (AG-874) · Official scoped edition
- NC; complete normalized coverage · 2025-03-26
  The complete three-table AG-874 plant list is explicitly for North Carolina and contains 202 low-, medium-, or high-flammability rows. FireApproved accounts for all source rows under its strict taxonomy and lineage rules; source scope does not establish local suitability at a particular North Carolina site.
Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300) · Official scoped edition
- VA; partial normalized coverage · 2009-04-15
  Virginia Cooperative Extension's publication opens with Virginia wildfire conditions, identifies its Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force, and labels plants native to Virginia. FireApproved publishes 306 exact source owners. Publication scope does not establish parcel suitability or current endorsement of this archived 2009 list.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: Documented in AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, WV.
Native range: Current cited native range in AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA.
Introduced / established: 2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness: Documented minimum 6b; no upper limit is documented.

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.

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

9

exact source areas

Current introduced

2

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

9 native source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04

Alabama (AL)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Louisiana (LA)
Mississippi (MS)
North Carolina (NC)
South Carolina (SC)
Texas (TX)
Virginia (VA)

2 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04

Arkansas (AR)
Maryland (MD)

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.

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector · record pinus-palustris · 2016-wayback · as of 2026-08-26

Source prints 8 · single-value meaning unresolved · whole zone precision · source stated

Source taxon: Pinus palustris · exact match.

Source location: Cold Hardiness Zone field in the recovered selector record.

Not used for comparison: The recovered selector prints one Cold Hardiness Zone value but does not define it as a minimum threshold or a one-zone range.
USDA PLANTS Database — Plant Characteristics · record PIPA2 · PLANTS Help Document 2022; characteristics cache retrieved 2026-08-23 · as of 2026-08-26

Minimum 6b · no upper limit documented · half zone precision · derived containing band

Exact source measurement: -3°F; mapped only to its containing half-zone.

Source taxon: Pinus palustris · source identifier match.

Source location: PlantCharacteristics record 15522, Temperature, Minimum (°F).

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

dead material: FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database evidence row (condition method), FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database evidence row (condition method), FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database evidence row (condition method), FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database evidence row (condition method), FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database evidence row (condition method)

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.

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector: Landscape Zone 4 — beyond 30 ft; outside the selector's recommendation area [Fire Performance Plant Selector landscape zone] (with its avoid rating)
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: pinus-palustris [nc-toolbox-flammability-facet] (with its avoid rating)
Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes: Fire-prone plants to avoid within 30 feet of the house [Alabama Forestry Commission booklet section] (with its avoid rating)

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 (6)

Eastern United States Fire Performance Plant Selector — USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area S&PF + state Firewise programs (WV, OH, PA, DE, DC, MD, NJ) · 2016-wayback · original source Primary evidence Keyed curation lineage: ufifas-srs-tree

“NOT Firewise (4)”

Primarily a lumber tree-12 inch needles in bundles of 3.
Firewise Landscaping in North Carolina (E05-44596) — NC State University / NC Cooperative Extension + USFWS (Bardon, Van Druten) · 2005 · original source Primary evidence Expert-curated lineage: nc-tree

“High flammability rating”
Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300) — Virginia Cooperative Extension / Virginia Tech (Appleton, Frenzel, Hillegass, Lyons, Steward — Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force) · 2009 · original source Primary evidence Expert-curated lineage: ufifas-srs-tree

“H flammability”

Native plant.
Fire-Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina (AG-874) — NC State Extension (Kays, Fawcett, Query, Thompson-Welch, Bardon) · 2025 · original source Primary evidence Expert-curated lineage: nc-tree resolves to Firewise Landscaping in North Carolina (E05-44596)

“high flammability”

Corroboration (2 rows from 2 sources)

North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox — plant profiles and flammability ratings — NC State Extension (plants.ces.ncsu.edu) · live facet capture accessed 2026-08-23 · original source Corroboration Expert-curated lineage: nc-tree resolves to Firewise Landscaping in North Carolina (E05-44596)

“high flammability” · original source

NC Toolbox facet capture lists "Pinus palustris" under the high flammability tag.
Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes — Alabama Forestry Commission · 2002 archived booklet · original source Corroboration Compilation lineage: firewise-national

“Fire-prone plants to avoid within 30 feet of the house: Longleaf Pine — Pinus palustris”

The booklet explicitly places this row among fire-prone plants to avoid within 30 feet of the house.

Listed without a rating (158)

Corroboration (158 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

158 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- Primary study Cui2020a: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Wyse, S. V., Alam, M. A., Maurin, K. J. L., Pieper, R., ... Curran, T. J. (2020a). Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form. Nature Plants, 6, 355-359.
  
  Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND.
  - “ignition frequency (%): 100”
    
    FLAMITS record 1459; Ignitability measurement.
  - “maximum sample temperature (°C): 595.3”
    
    FLAMITS record 1653; Combustibility measurement.
  - “burning duration (s): 127.8”
    
    FLAMITS record 1847; Sustainability measurement.
  - “estimated burnt biomass (%): 23.8”
    
    FLAMITS record 2041; Consumability measurement.
- Primary study Emery2020: Emery, R. K., & Hart, J. L. (2020). Flammability characteristics of surface fuels in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) woodland. Fire, 3, 39.
  
  Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device burning bench; site Emery2020-1; sampling january to february.
  - “flame height (cm): 59”
    
    FLAMITS record 3212; Combustibility measurement.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “flaming duration (s): 100”
      
      FLAMITS record 3213.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 45”
      
      FLAMITS record 3215.
  - “burnt biomass (%): 80.8”
    
    FLAMITS record 3214; 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 Fonda2001-2; sampling ND.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “flame height (cm): 82.3”
      
      FLAMITS record 3352.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.06”
      
      FLAMITS record 3356.
    - “flame height (cm): 77”
      
      FLAMITS record 3357.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “flaming duration (s): 87.7”
      
      FLAMITS record 3353.
    - “burning duration (s): 228.6”
      
      FLAMITS record 3354.
  - “burnt biomass (%): 91.9”
    
    FLAMITS record 3355; 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 Fonda2004-3; sampling august to october.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “flame height (cm): 87.1”
      
      FLAMITS record 3404.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.02”
      
      FLAMITS record 3409.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “flaming duration (s): 208”
      
      FLAMITS record 3405.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 2958”
      
      FLAMITS record 3406.
    - “burning duration (s): 3166”
      
      FLAMITS record 3407.
  - “burnt biomass (%): 93.8”
    
    FLAMITS record 3408; Consumability measurement.
- Primary study Kreye2020: Kreye, J. K., Kane, J. M., Varner, J. M., & Hiers, J. K. (2020). Radiant heating rapidly increases litter flammability through impacts on fuel moisture. Fire Ecology, 16, 1-10.
  
  Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Kreye2020-1; sampling July.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “flame height (cm): 63”
      
      FLAMITS record 5723.
    - “flame height (cm): 43”
      
      FLAMITS record 5724.
    - “flame height (cm): 39”
      
      FLAMITS record 5725.
    - “flame height (cm): 28”
      
      FLAMITS record 5726.
    - “flame height (cm): 17”
      
      FLAMITS record 5727.
    - “flame height (cm): 12”
      
      FLAMITS record 5728.
    - “flame height (cm): 20”
      
      FLAMITS record 5729.
    - “flame height (cm): 145”
      
      FLAMITS record 5730.
    - “flame height (cm): 68”
      
      FLAMITS record 5731.
    - “flame height (cm): 60”
      
      FLAMITS record 5732.
    - “flame height (cm): 47”
      
      FLAMITS record 5733.
    - “flame height (cm): 50”
      
      FLAMITS record 5734.
    - “flame height (cm): 33”
      
      FLAMITS record 5735.
    - “flame height (cm): 32”
      
      FLAMITS record 5736.
    - “flame height (cm): 72”
      
      FLAMITS record 5835.
    - “flame height (cm): 33”
      
      FLAMITS record 5836.
    - “flame height (cm): 55”
      
      FLAMITS record 5837.
    - “flame height (cm): 25”
      
      FLAMITS record 5838.
    - “flame height (cm): 22”
      
      FLAMITS record 5839.
    - “flame height (cm): 20”
      
      FLAMITS record 5840.
    - “flame height (cm): 14”
      
      FLAMITS record 5841.
    - “flame height (cm): 135”
      
      FLAMITS record 5842.
    - “flame height (cm): 77”
      
      FLAMITS record 5843.
    - “flame height (cm): 61”
      
      FLAMITS record 5844.
    - “flame height (cm): 54”
      
      FLAMITS record 5845.
    - “flame height (cm): 58”
      
      FLAMITS record 5846.
    - “flame height (cm): 42”
      
      FLAMITS record 5847.
    - “flame height (cm): 24”
      
      FLAMITS record 5848.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “flaming duration (s): 60”
      
      FLAMITS record 5737.
    - “flaming duration (s): 93”
      
      FLAMITS record 5738.
    - “flaming duration (s): 105”
      
      FLAMITS record 5739.
    - “flaming duration (s): 123”
      
      FLAMITS record 5740.
    - “flaming duration (s): 111”
      
      FLAMITS record 5741.
    - “flaming duration (s): 75”
      
      FLAMITS record 5742.
    - “flaming duration (s): 94.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5743.
    - “flaming duration (s): 84”
      
      FLAMITS record 5744.
    - “flaming duration (s): 154.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5745.
    - “flaming duration (s): 204”
      
      FLAMITS record 5746.
    - “flaming duration (s): 202.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5747.
    - “flaming duration (s): 220.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5748.
    - “flaming duration (s): 169.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5749.
    - “flaming duration (s): 118.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5750.
    - “flaming duration (s): 0.97”
      
      FLAMITS record 5849.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.77”
      
      FLAMITS record 5850.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.38”
      
      FLAMITS record 5851.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.45”
      
      FLAMITS record 5852.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5853.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.37”
      
      FLAMITS record 5854.
    - “flaming duration (s): 2.33”
      
      FLAMITS record 5855.
    - “flaming duration (s): 1.23”
      
      FLAMITS record 5856.
    - “flaming duration (s): 3.5”
      
      FLAMITS record 5857.
    - “flaming duration (s): 3.7”
      
      FLAMITS record 5858.
    - “flaming duration (s): 2.63”
      
      FLAMITS record 5859.
    - “flaming duration (s): 3.4”
      
      FLAMITS record 5860.
    - “flaming duration (s): 2.3”
      
      FLAMITS record 5861.
    - “flaming duration (s): 2.65”
      
      FLAMITS record 5862.
  - Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 142.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5751.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 61.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5752.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 15”
      
      FLAMITS record 5753.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 67.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5754.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 31.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5755.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 10.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5756.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 10.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5757.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 358.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5758.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 204”
      
      FLAMITS record 5759.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 199.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5760.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 49.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5761.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 430.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5762.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 31.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 5763.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 36”
      
      FLAMITS record 5764.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 2.35”
      
      FLAMITS record 5863.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 1.3”
      
      FLAMITS record 5864.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 1.68”
      
      FLAMITS record 5865.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.83”
      
      FLAMITS record 5866.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.58”
      
      FLAMITS record 5867.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.25”
      
      FLAMITS record 5868.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.62”
      
      FLAMITS record 5869.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 7.58”
      
      FLAMITS record 5870.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 2.35”
      
      FLAMITS record 5871.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 2”
      
      FLAMITS record 5872.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 2.33”
      
      FLAMITS record 5873.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.58”
      
      FLAMITS record 5874.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 1.08”
      
      FLAMITS record 5875.
    - “time to smouldering (s): 0.13”
      
      FLAMITS record 5876.
  - Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 89”
      
      FLAMITS record 5765.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 83”
      
      FLAMITS record 5766.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 66”
      
      FLAMITS record 5767.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 49”
      
      FLAMITS record 5768.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 28”
      
      FLAMITS record 5769.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 14”
      
      FLAMITS record 5770.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 23”
      
      FLAMITS record 5771.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 94”
      
      FLAMITS record 5772.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 86”
      
      FLAMITS record 5773.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 79”
      
      FLAMITS record 5774.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 70”
      
      FLAMITS record 5775.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 64”
      
      FLAMITS record 5776.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 50”
      
      FLAMITS record 5777.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 25”
      
      FLAMITS record 5778.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 91”
      
      FLAMITS record 5877.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 77”
      
      FLAMITS record 5878.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 78”
      
      FLAMITS record 5879.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 41”
      
      FLAMITS record 5880.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 18”
      
      FLAMITS record 5881.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 20”
      
      FLAMITS record 5882.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 20”
      
      FLAMITS record 5883.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 94”
      
      FLAMITS record 5884.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 86”
      
      FLAMITS record 5885.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 79”
      
      FLAMITS record 5886.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 70”
      
      FLAMITS record 5887.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 64”
      
      FLAMITS record 5888.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 50”
      
      FLAMITS record 5889.
    - “burnt biomass (%): 25”
      
      FLAMITS record 5890.
- Primary study Varner2021: Varner, J. M., Kane, J. M., Kreye, J. K., & Shearman, T. M. (2021). Litter Flammability of 50 Southeastern North American Tree Species: Evidence for Mesophication Gradients Across Multiple Ecosystems. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 727042. Primary-study method: freshly fallen litter was oven-dried at 50–60°C for at least 24 hours to constant mass; each trial used a 15 g dry litter fuelbed, with five to seven trials per species.
  
  Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Varner2021-1; sampling ND.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “flame height (cm): 86.8” · condition: dead material · condition method: Materials and Methods, Laboratory Burning
      
      FLAMITS record 13638.
    - “flame intensity (kW/m): 415” · condition: dead material · condition method: Materials and Methods, Laboratory Burning
      
      FLAMITS record 13642.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “flaming duration (s): 57” · condition: dead material · condition method: Materials and Methods, Laboratory Burning
      
      FLAMITS record 13639.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 273.7” · condition: dead material · condition method: Materials and Methods, Laboratory Burning
      
      FLAMITS record 13640.
  - “burnt biomass (%): 92.4” · condition: dead material · condition method: Materials and Methods, Laboratory Burning
    
    FLAMITS record 13641; Consumability measurement.
- “smouldering duration (s): 330.7”
  
  FLAMITS record 15760; Sustainability measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device burning bench; site Varner2022-12; sampling ND. 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.
- Primary study Fazeli2022: Fazeli, H., Jolly, W. M., & Blunck, D. L. (2022). Stages and time-scales of ignition and burning of live fuels for different convective heat fluxes. Fuel, 324, 124490.
  
  Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; predrying no; device flat flame burner; site Fazeli2022-1; sampling september to february.
  - Shared measurement context: fuel live.
    - “time to flaming (s): 4.4”
      
      FLAMITS record 16464.
    - “time to flaming (s): 2.1”
      
      FLAMITS record 16465.
  - Shared measurement context: fuel dead.
    - “time to flaming (s): 0.5”
      
      FLAMITS record 16466.
    - “time to flaming (s): 2.1”
      
      FLAMITS record 16467.
- Primary study Ziazi2022: Ziazi, R., Singh, A., Said, A. O., Gong, W., Schardong, B., Patterson, M., ... Simeoni, A. (2022). Experimental investigation of fire spread across a vegetative fuel bed incorporating the effect of wind velocity. (2021). 12th National Combustion Meeting submitted to EearthArXiv. Texas, USA.
  
  Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device scale wind tunnel; site Ziazi2022-1; sampling ND.
  - Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 2.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 16785.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 2.9”
      
      FLAMITS record 16789.
    - “mass loss rate (g/s): 4.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 16793.
  - Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.
    - “burning duration (s): 55.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 16786.
    - “flaming duration (s): 104.4”
      
      FLAMITS record 16787.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 105.6”
      
      FLAMITS record 16788.
    - “burning duration (s): 43.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 16790.
    - “flaming duration (s): 99.6”
      
      FLAMITS record 16791.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 110.4”
      
      FLAMITS record 16792.
    - “burning duration (s): 34.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 16794.
    - “flaming duration (s): 79.8”
      
      FLAMITS record 16795.
    - “smouldering duration (s): 130.2”
      
      FLAMITS record 16796.
- Primary study Safdari2018: Safdari, M.-S., Rahmati, M., Amini, E., Howarth, J. E., Berryhill, J. P., Dietenberger, M., Fletcher, T. H. (2018). Characterization of pyrolysis products from fast pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the Southern United States. Fuel, 229, 151166.
  
  Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; predrying no; device flat flame burner; site Safdari2018-1; sampling ND.
  - Shared measurement context: plant part leaves; fuel live.
    - “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4603.25556”
      
      FLAMITS record 18000.
    - “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4806.41066”
      
      FLAMITS record 18014.
  - Shared measurement context: plant part litter; fuel all.
    - “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4682.12754”
      
      FLAMITS record 18001.
    - “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5043.0266”
      
      FLAMITS record 18015.

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Pinus palustris (Long leaf pine). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/pinus-palustris/. Last verified 2026-08-23.

1. Fire evidence and conditions

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Native and introduced range evidence

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Plant hardiness evidence

Conditions in the fire evidence

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The evidence

Avoids (6)

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