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Mexican weeping pine (Pinus patula)
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Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula · Pinaceae · all Pinus records · also called Mexican pine, Weeping pine · Wikipedia

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Pinus patula pairs keep away recommendation. On pinus patula, limited evidence is the next patula fact. The rows do not erase each other — Pinus patula. avoid does not replace limited evidence on pinus patula.

On pinus patula, Pinus patula also carries 1 ecological invasive for patula. On pinus patula, Pinus patula also carries same form alternatives for patula.

Use evidence on pinus patula for patula. The citations remain on Pinus patula for patula. On pinus patula, patula holds avoid beside limited evidence in the pinus patula table for Pinus patula.

Fire-resistant trees instead

Form
tree
Rated in
Tasmania, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Tasmania, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in HI.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
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)

Fire-resistant trees instead

Fire-resistant trees listed above

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Pinus patula (Mexican pine, Weeping pine). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/pinus-patula/. Last verified 2026-08-23.