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Kurrajong cites Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants as its selected laboratory lineage. Brachychiton populneus remains on-list on the evidence table. One ecological invasive report is tracked outside that fire tally, with its geographic material available under range evidence.
The related plants section offers cited comparisons without treating the ecological report as another fire vote. The existing genus page keeps other records separate within that genus. Together, those paths preserve the selected lab citation, the on-list result, and the ecological evidence as answers to their own questions on this species page.
Form
shrub
Region
Australia; Valencia, Spain; Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Global; Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean; Victoria, Australia
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Global; Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean; Victoria, Australia
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
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.
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.
Canberra Plant Selector: filtered result page 10 [canberra-selector] (with its recommendation)
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.
22 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Gill1996: Gill, M., & Moore, P. (1996). Ignitibility of leaves of Australian plants. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry.
Shared row context: Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; device muffle furnace; site Gill1996-1; sampling march to april.
“time to flaming (s): 13.78”
FLAMITS record 3821; predrying no.
“time to flaming (s): 3.31”
FLAMITS record 3869; predrying yes.
Primary study Grootemaat2015: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2015). Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species. Functional Ecology, 29, 1486-1497.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2015-1; sampling ND.
“time to flaming (s): 1.64”
FLAMITS record 4060; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
Primary study Grootemaat2017a: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I .J., Van Bodegom, P. M., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2017). Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds. Oikos, 126, 1428-1438.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 625.1”
FLAMITS record 4433; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 90.42”
FLAMITS record 4444; Consumability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.32”
FLAMITS record 4453; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 535.63”
FLAMITS record 4465; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.19”
FLAMITS record 4489; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 91.52”
FLAMITS record 4515; Consumability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
Primary study Scarff2006: Scarff, F. R., & Westoby, M. (2006). Leaf litter flammability in some semi-arid Australian woodlands. Functional Ecology, 20, 745-752.
Shared row context: plant part litter; fuel all; predrying no; device burning bench; site Scarff2006-1; sampling ND.
