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Quercus cerris

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: No test or rating condition is normalized.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 0 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: Documented in MA, NY.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
Introduced / established: 1 sourced range or established record; set a location to match them. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status: Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
Seed-list status: Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
Reported invasive here: 1 ecological invasive report; set a location to distinguish exact from regional context.
Broader regional context: Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
Federal context: Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.

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.

Form: tree
Grows in: MA, NY
Rated in: Global
Family: Fagaceae
Evidence: 21 cited sources

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

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

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

New York (NY)

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.

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 (21)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

21 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4324” · score 4324 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 5003; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Hough1969-2; sampling september. Primary study Hough1969: Hough, W. A. (1969). Caloric Value of Some Forest Fuels of the Southern United States. Res. Note SE-120. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4893” · score 4893 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 5050; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Hough1969-2; sampling september. Primary study Hough1969: Hough, W. A. (1969). Caloric Value of Some Forest Fuels of the Southern United States. Res. Note SE-120. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4672” · score 4672 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 5051; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Hough1969-2; sampling september. Primary study Hough1969: Hough, W. A. (1969). Caloric Value of Some Forest Fuels of the Southern United States. Res. Note SE-120. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
- “time to flaming (s): 83” · score 83 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19257; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “time to flaming (s): 30” · score 30 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19259; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “time to flaming (s): 25” · score 25 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19261; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “flaming duration (s): 1737” · score 1737 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19263; Sustainability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “flaming duration (s): 1433” · score 1433 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19265; Sustainability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “flaming duration (s): 565” · score 565 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19267; Sustainability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 18976.3” · score 18976.3 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 19269; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 18947.64” · score 18947.64 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 19271; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 16480.36” · score 16480.36 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 19273; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “energy flux (kW/m²): 158.88” · score 158.88 (FLAMITS — energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 19275; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “energy flux (kW/m²): 193.02” · score 193.02 (FLAMITS — energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 19277; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “energy flux (kW/m²): 317.8” · score 317.8 (FLAMITS — energy flux (kW/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 19279; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.23” · score 0.23 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19281; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.19” · score 0.19 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19283; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.27” · score 0.27 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 19285; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “burnt biomass (%): 76.2” · score 76.2 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 19287; Consumability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “burnt biomass (%): 76.68” · score 76.68 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 19289; Consumability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.
- “burnt biomass (%): 80.17” · score 80.17 (FLAMITS — burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 19291; Consumability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Protic2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Protic2020: Proti?, M., Mii?, N., Raos, M., & Sekuli?, S. (2020). Solid wood flammability testing. Safety Engineering, 10, 912.

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