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Forest Ecology and Management, 256, 2039-2045.","plantPart":"litter","original":"Kane2008","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"flame height (cm): 4.27","score":{"value":4.27,"scale":"FLAMITS — flame height (cm)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 9230; Combustibility measurement; plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device burning bench; site Mola2014-1; sampling may and june. 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. 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