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Mandarin is on-list in the evidence table. Two sources recommend Citrus nobilis as low flammability or fire retardant. The remaining guidance comes from Tasmania. That source assigns moderate flammability; its placement note calls for avoiding the plant within the Building Protection Zone.
That disagreement leaves the record limited evidence rather than presenting a uniform source direction. The recommendation and placement language stay available together in the source table.
One ecological introduced-established report is retained outside the fire tally. related plants provide the comparison route, and the genus page preserves broader navigation without extending this record's claims.
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Rated in
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Tasmania, Australia; Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Tasmania, Australia; Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Documented in FL, PR.
Native range
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. 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.
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.
Fire Resisting Garden Plants for the Urban Fringe and Rur…: should be avoided in the Building Protection Zone [Texas Building Protection Zone] (mid-scale rating)
Canberra Plant Selector: filtered result page 12 [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.
