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Acacia buxifolia (Acacia buxifolia)
Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Acacia buxifolia

Acacia buxifolia · Fabaceae · all Acacia records · also called Box-leaf Wattle · Wikipedia

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Box-leaf Wattle is on-list in the evidence table, the opening direction computed for Acacia buxifolia. Its accepted plant-list lineage is Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants, and the record remains limited evidence.

The related plants section offers comparison at species rank. Its genus page supplies broader navigation for Acacia, without transferring other source rows into this one. This separation keeps the box-leaf entry's listing, limited pack, and cited plant list together; return to the evidence table when checking the accepted basis for the computed direction within the named buxifolia entry itself.

Form
shrub
Region
Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Victoria, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

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.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

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.

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Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • Canberra Plant Selector — fire-retardant attribute — ACT Government / Everyday Climate Choices · live tool capture 2026-08-25 · original source Corroboration Compilation lineage: act-fire-retardant-plants-canberra

    “Fire Retardant — Yes — Acacia buxifolia”

    The live Canberra Plant Selector marks “Acacia buxifolia” as “Fire Retardant: Yes.”

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Acacia buxifolia (Box-leaf Wattle). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/acacia-buxifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-23.