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crimson bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum · Poaceae · all Schizachyrium records · also called Schizachyrium sanguineum · Wikipedia

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Form
grass
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in AL, AZ, FL, GA, NM, PR, TX.
Native range
Current cited native range in AL, AZ, FL, GA, NM, PR, TX.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.

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.

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

7

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

7 native source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Alabama (AL)
  • Arizona (AZ)
  • Florida (FL)
  • Georgia (GA)
  • New Mexico (NM)
  • Puerto Rico (PR)
  • Texas (TX)
1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Hawaii (HI)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (2)
Corroboration (2 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

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

    • Primary study Solofondranohatra2021: Solofondranohatra, C. L., Vorontsova, M. S., Dewhirst, R. A., Belcher, C. M., Cable, S., Jeannoda, V., & Lehmann, C. E. R. (2021). Shade alters the growth and architecture of tropical grasses by reducing root biomass. Biotropica, (00), 1-11.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site Solofondranohatra2021-1; sampling march.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 325.93”

        FLAMITS record 12936.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1990.91”

        FLAMITS record 12950.

Fire-resistant grasss instead

tall fescue
Festuca arundinacea tall fescue
Lolium arundinaceum fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis western wheatgrass
Agropyron smithii buffalograss
Buchloe dactyloides
Same genus in the directory · the Schizachyrium group page

Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Schizachyrium sanguineum (Schizachyrium sanguineum). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/schizachyrium-sanguineum/. Last verified 2026-08-25.