bluejack oak
Quercus incana
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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United States / Grow / bluejack oak
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 AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX, VA.
- Native range
- Current cited native range in AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX, VA.
- 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.
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
11
exact source areas
Current introduced
0
exact source areas
Qualified
0
doubtful or extinct source rows
11 native source areas
- Alabama (AL)
- Arkansas (AR)
- Florida (FL)
- Georgia (GA)
- Louisiana (LA)
- Mississippi (MS)
- North Carolina (NC)
- Oklahoma (OK)
- South Carolina (SC)
- Texas (TX)
- Virginia (VA)
The evidence
Listed without a rating (9)
Corroboration (9 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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Primary study Kane2008: Kane, J. M., Varner, J. M., & Hiers, J. K. (2008). The burning characteristics of southeastern oaks: Discriminating fire facilitators from fire impeders. Forest Ecology and Management, 256, 2039-2045.
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“flame height (cm): 52.1”
FLAMITS record 5449; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves.
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“flaming duration (s): 77.3”
FLAMITS record 5457; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves.
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“smouldering duration (s): 341.8”
FLAMITS record 5465; Sustainability measurement; plant part litter.
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“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.32”
FLAMITS record 5473; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter.
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“burnt biomass (%): 77.9”
FLAMITS record 5481; Consumability measurement; plant part litter.
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Primary study Mola2014: Mola, J. M., Varner, J. M., Jules, E. S., & Spector, T. (2014). Altered Community Flammability in Florida's Apalachicola Ravines and Implications for the Persistence of the Endangered Conifer Torreya taxifolia. Plos One, 9, 8.
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“flame height (cm): 52.1”
FLAMITS record 9233; Combustibility measurement.
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“flaming duration (s): 77.3”
FLAMITS record 9250; Sustainability measurement.
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“burnt biomass (%): 99.14”
FLAMITS record 9267; Consumability measurement.
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“time to smouldering (s): 341.8”
FLAMITS record 9284; Ignitability measurement.
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