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Sassafras tzumu

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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: No state distribution is normalized.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
Introduced / established: No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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Reported invasive here: No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
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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
Region: China
Rated in: Global
Family: Lauraceae
Evidence: 12 cited sources

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 (12)

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

12 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “time to flaming (s): 93” · score 93 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14560; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “total heat release (MJ/m²): 25.13” · score 25.13 (FLAMITS — total heat release (MJ/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 14561; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.24” · score 0.24 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14562; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 10031” · score 10031 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 14563; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “time to flaming (s): 108” · score 108 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14564; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “total heat release (MJ/m²): 41.86” · score 41.86 (FLAMITS — total heat release (MJ/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 14565; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.15” · score 0.15 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14566; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 2301.62” · score 2301.62 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 14567; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “time to flaming (s): 144” · score 144 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14568; Ignitability measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “total heat release (MJ/m²): 60.75” · score 60.75 (FLAMITS — total heat release (MJ/m²))
  
  FLAMITS record 14569; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.17” · score 0.17 (FLAMITS — mass loss rate (g/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 14570; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.
- “calorific value (kcal/kg): 2373.32” · score 2373.32 (FLAMITS — calorific value (kcal/kg))
  
  FLAMITS record 14571; Combustibility measurement; plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Xu2020-1; sampling ND. Primary study Xu2020: Xu L, Li S, Sun W, Ma X, & Cao S. (2020). Combustion behaviors and characteristic parameters determination of sassafras wood under different heating conditions. Energy, 203, 117831.

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