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The whole-plant burn row classifies Coontie as low flammability while recording that the whole plant burns. The source ties this result to Zamia pumila and a NIST BFRL test lineage.
That 2006 entry supplies the on-list direction. The evidence table preserves both “low flammability” and the whole-plant-burn qualifier, preventing the classification from being read as a no-burn claim.
The record also retains one native-range assertion. With a single directional row, it remains limited evidence. The cited source keeps the test wording, and related plants provides the existing shrub comparisons for this record.
Form
shrub
Rated in
southeastern US
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
southeastern US
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Documented in AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC, TX.
Native range
Current cited native range in PR.
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.
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.
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.
