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Quercus ciliaris

Quercus ciliaris · Fagaceae · all Quercus records · also called Cyclobalanopsis gracilis · 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 (9)
Corroboration (9 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

    9 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Liu2013: Liu, M., Yi, L., Yu, S., Zhou, G., Jiang, H., & Li, X. (2013). Combustibility of fresh leaves of 26 forest species in China. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 25, 528-536.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Liu2013-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 48.67”

        FLAMITS record 7052; Ignitability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 48.46”

          FLAMITS record 7078.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.05”

          FLAMITS record 7104.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 981.66”

          FLAMITS record 7130.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 2.25”

          FLAMITS record 7156.

        • “smoke release rate (m²/s): 0.38”

          FLAMITS record 7208.

        • “smoke specific extinction area (m²/kg): 79.6”

          FLAMITS record 7234.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 14.35”

          FLAMITS record 7260.

      • “total smoke release (m²/m²): 79.32”

        FLAMITS record 7182; Consumability measurement.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Quercus ciliaris (Cyclobalanopsis gracilis). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/quercus-ciliaris/. Last verified 2026-08-25.