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Senna sophera · Fabaceae · all Senna records · also called Senna sophera · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
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 PR, VI.
Native range
Current cited native range in PR.

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

1

exact source area

Current introduced

0

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 native source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Puerto Rico (PR)

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 (12)
Corroboration (12 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

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

    • Primary study Wesolowski2003: Weso?owski, M., & Konieczynski, P. (2003). Thermal decomposition and elemental composition of medicinal plant materials—Leaves and flowers Principal component analysis of the results. Thermochimica Acta, 397, 171–180.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device thermal analyzer; site Wesolowski2003-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: consumability measurement.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 7”

          FLAMITS record 18383.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 53.5”

          FLAMITS record 18410.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 33”

          FLAMITS record 18437.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 75”

          FLAMITS record 18464.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 255”

          FLAMITS record 18491.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 430”

          FLAMITS record 18518.

        • “flame height (cm): 0.6”

          FLAMITS record 18545.

        • “flame height (cm): 2.3”

          FLAMITS record 18572.

        • “flame height (cm): 1.6”

          FLAMITS record 18599.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 75”

          FLAMITS record 18626.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 295”

          FLAMITS record 18653.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 440”

          FLAMITS record 18680.

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

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Senna sophera (Senna sophera). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/senna-sophera/. Last verified 2026-08-25.