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aleppo oak

Quercus infectoria · Fagaceae · all Quercus records · also called Quercus infectoria · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Region
Iran; Turkey
Rated in
Global; Israel
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Global; Israel

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.

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.

Recommends (1)

Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • השרפה בהרי יהודה – 2021: ניתוח, תובנות והמלצות — Ecology and Environment / ISEES · Ecology and Environment 12(4) · original source Corroboration Expert-curated lineage: isees-judean-hills-2021-analysis

    “מיני עצים דליקים פחות מאורנים, כדוגמת — Quercus boissieri”

    The authors name this exact species as an example of a tree less flammable than pines for high, shading groves in public-use forest areas and their access roads.

Listed without a rating (10)
Corroboration (10 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

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

    • Primary study Rasooli2021: Rasooli, S. B., Rashidi, S., & Shabanian, N. (2021). Fire sensitivity of broadleaf tree species in plantations of Kurdistan, Iran. Journal of Forestry Research, 32, 1167-1176.

      Shared row context: fuel live; predrying no; device burning bench; site Rasooli2021-1.

      • “time to flaming (s): 80.21”

        FLAMITS record 10900; Ignitability measurement; plant part bark; sampling november.

      • “flaming duration (s): 42.83”

        FLAMITS record 10901; Sustainability measurement; plant part bark; sampling november.

      • “time to flaming (s): 229.48”

        FLAMITS record 10912; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; sampling november.

      • “flaming duration (s): 68.56”

        FLAMITS record 10913; Sustainability measurement; plant part wood; sampling november.

      • “time to flaming (s): 15.27”

        FLAMITS record 10923; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; sampling july.

    • Primary study Guney2022: Güney, C. O., Sar?, A., Cekim, H. O., Küçüksille, E. U., ?entürk, Ö., Gülsoy, S., & Özkan, K. (2022). An advanced approach for leaf flammability index estimation. International journal of wildland fire, 31, 277-290.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Guney2022-1; sampling may and september 2017.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 324.5”

          FLAMITS record 16635.

        • “time to flaming (s): 11.3”

          FLAMITS record 16636.

      • “flame height (cm): 60.2”

        FLAMITS record 16637; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 10.9”

        FLAMITS record 16638; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 7.1”

        FLAMITS record 16639; Consumability measurement.

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