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Acacia myrtifolia · Fabaceae · all Acacia records · also called Acacia myrtifolia · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
Australia
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

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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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

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 Krix2019: Krix, D. W., Phillips, M. L., & Murray, B. R. (2019). Relationships among leaf flammability attributes and identifying low-leaf-flammability species at the wildland-urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 295-307.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2019-1; sampling june to august.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.5”

          FLAMITS record 5947.

        • “time to smoke (s): 7.2”

          FLAMITS record 6034.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “smoke duration (s): 8.3”

          FLAMITS record 6121.

        • “burning duration (s): 20.9”

          FLAMITS record 6181.

    • Primary study Krix2022: Krix, D. W., & Murray, B. R. A. (2022). Predictive Model of Leaf Flammability Using Leaf Traits and Radiant Heat Flux for Plants of Fire-Prone Dry Sclerophyll Forest. Forests, 13, 152.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2022-1; sampling .

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 17.29”

          FLAMITS record 14765.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.89”

          FLAMITS record 14766.

        • “time to flaming (s): 3.71”

          FLAMITS record 14767.

        • “time to flaming (s): 2.73”

          FLAMITS record 14768.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 14.48”

          FLAMITS record 14804.

        • “burning duration (s): 6.7”

          FLAMITS record 14805.

        • “burning duration (s): 6.08”

          FLAMITS record 14806.

        • “burning duration (s): 5.15”

          FLAMITS record 14807.

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

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Acacia myrtifolia (Acacia myrtifolia). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/acacia-myrtifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-25.