southwestern white pine
Pinus strobiformis
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- tree
- Rated in
- Global
United States / Grow / southwestern white pine
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- Evidence regions
- Global
- Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in AZ, CO, NM, TX.
- Native range
- Introduced / established
- USDA hardiness
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.
The evidence
Listed without a rating (4)
Corroboration (4 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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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.
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“flame height (cm): 69.7”
FLAMITS record 15737; Combustibility measurement.
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“flaming duration (s): 62.1”
FLAMITS record 15738.
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“smouldering duration (s): 740.4”
FLAMITS record 15739.
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“burnt biomass (%): 81.2”
FLAMITS record 15740; Consumability measurement.
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