Chinese Sassafras
Sassafras tzumu
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- tree
- Region
- China
- Rated in
- Global
United States / Grow / Chinese Sassafras
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
- Native range
- 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.
The evidence
Listed without a rating (12)
Corroboration (12 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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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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“time to flaming (s): 93”
FLAMITS record 14560.
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“time to flaming (s): 108”
FLAMITS record 14564.
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“time to flaming (s): 144”
FLAMITS record 14568.
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“total heat release (MJ/m²): 25.13”
FLAMITS record 14561.
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“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.24”
FLAMITS record 14562.
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“calorific value (kcal/kg): 10031”
FLAMITS record 14563.
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“total heat release (MJ/m²): 41.86”
FLAMITS record 14565.
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“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.15”
FLAMITS record 14566.
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“calorific value (kcal/kg): 2301.62”
FLAMITS record 14567.
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“total heat release (MJ/m²): 60.75”
FLAMITS record 14569.
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“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.17”
FLAMITS record 14570.
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“calorific value (kcal/kg): 2373.32”
FLAMITS record 14571.
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