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Backhousia myrtifolia · Myrtaceae · also called Backhousia myrtifolia · Wikipedia

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Australia
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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 (13)
Corroboration (13 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

    13 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): 7.8”

          FLAMITS record 5953.

        • “time to smoke (s): 5.1”

          FLAMITS record 6040.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9”

          FLAMITS record 6096.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 3.3”

          FLAMITS record 6009.

        • “smoke duration (s): 4.6”

          FLAMITS record 6127.

        • “burning duration (s): 18”

          FLAMITS record 6187.

    • Primary study Salvo2015: Salvo-Aires, F. (2015). Effects of woody weeds on fuels and fire behaviour in Eastern Australian forests and woodlands. PhD. Dissertation. University of Sydney.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Salvo2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 7”

        FLAMITS record 11672; Ignitability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 283”

          FLAMITS record 11709.

        • “mass loss rate (g/s): 0.23”

          FLAMITS record 11783.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3554.02”

          FLAMITS record 11857.

        • “energy flux (kW/m²): 219”

          FLAMITS record 11894.

      • “flaming duration (s): 57”

        FLAMITS record 11746; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 94”

        FLAMITS record 11820; Consumability measurement.

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