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inland pigface (Carpobrotus modestus)
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inland pigface

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Carpobrotus modestus draws its lineage from a fire-resistant plant publication. The reference is preserved among the documented sources for inland pigface.

The species remains on-list in the compiled recommendations. Its list status has a source trail in the evidence rows, separate from the publication cited for lineage.

This is still a limited-evidence record. The compact pack can be inspected in the evidence table, which does not supply further testing conditions or performance values for the scene to repeat.

Form
shrub
Region
Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
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.

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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Carpobrotus modestus (Inland Pigface). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/carpobrotus-modestus/. Last verified 2026-08-23.