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coast banksia (Banksia integrifolia)
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coast banksia

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Banksia integrifolia carries an avoid recommendation. The pack is limited evidence in the evidence table and cites eastern australian street-tree flammability as its selected laboratory lineage.

The reported condition is irrigated on performance conditions, and 1 ecological invasive report provides separate context. Same-form alternatives are cited under related plants. The genus page gathers other records in Banksia, without extending their evidence to coast banksia, leaving the avoid direction, test condition, invasive report, and comparison set attached to integrifolia's accepted pack. This accepted combination remains specific to the integrifolia species record.

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Form
tree
Region
Tasmania, Australia
Rated in
Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; Tasmania, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; Tasmania, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
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.

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

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.

Avoids (1)

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

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

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Banksia integrifolia (Coast Banksia). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/banksia-integrifolia/. Last verified 2026-08-23.