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red bloodwood

Corymbia gummifera · Myrtaceae · all Corymbia records · also called Corymbia gummifera · Wikipedia

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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

State distribution
Documented in HI.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

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.

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.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

1

exact source area

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

1 introduced source area · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Hawaii (HI)

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.

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 (42)
Corroboration (42 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

    42 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • 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): 3.59”

        FLAMITS record 4061; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.07”

          FLAMITS record 4093.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 46.42”

          FLAMITS record 4125.

        • “burning duration (s): 53.49”

          FLAMITS record 4157.

      • “time to flaming (s): 8.86”

        FLAMITS record 4189; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

        • “burning duration (s): 48.56”

          FLAMITS record 4221.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 40.26”

          FLAMITS record 4253.

        • “flaming duration (s): 8.3”

          FLAMITS record 4285.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.43”

        FLAMITS record 4317; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.38”

          FLAMITS record 4347.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 36.37”

          FLAMITS record 4377.

        • “burning duration (s): 43.75”

          FLAMITS record 4407.

    • 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; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 646.56”

        FLAMITS record 4466; Combustibility measurement.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.16”

        FLAMITS record 4490; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 96.03”

        FLAMITS record 4516; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Grootemaat2017b: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Van Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Shaw, V. (2017). Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees. Australian Journal of Botany, 65, 327.

      Shared row context: predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017b-1; sampling december.

      • “time to flaming (s): 3.42”

        FLAMITS record 4538; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

        • “smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 82.76”

          FLAMITS record 4548.

        • “flaming duration per mass (s/g): 21.63”

          FLAMITS record 4568.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 10.16”

        FLAMITS record 4558; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.

      • “time to flaming (s): 6.55”

        FLAMITS record 4578; Ignitability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

        • “smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 143.35”

          FLAMITS record 4588.

        • “flaming duration per mass (s/g): 65.22”

          FLAMITS record 4608.

      • “mass loss rate (g/s): 6.42”

        FLAMITS record 4598; Combustibility measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.

    • 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): 10.9”

          FLAMITS record 5964.

        • “time to smoke (s): 7.3”

          FLAMITS record 6051.

        • “time to flaming (s): 12.8”

          FLAMITS record 6103.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 6.2”

          FLAMITS record 6016.

        • “smoke duration (s): 9.5”

          FLAMITS record 6138.

        • “burning duration (s): 53.7”

          FLAMITS record 6198.

    • “time to flaming (s): 11.42”

      FLAMITS record 9674; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Murray2013-1; sampling march to april. Primary study Murray2013: Murray, B. R., Hardstaff, L. K., & Phillips, M. L. (2013). Differences in leaf flammability, leaf traits and flammability-trait relationships between native and exotic plant species of dry sclerophyll forest. PLoS One, 8, e79205.

    • Primary study Krix2022: Krix, D. W., & Murray, B. R. A. (2022). Predictive Model of Leaf Flammability Using Leaf Traits and Radiant Heat Flux for Plants of Fire-Prone Dry Sclerophyll Forest. Forests, 13, 152.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2022-1; sampling .

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 14.02”

          FLAMITS record 14777.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.63”

          FLAMITS record 14778.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.28”

          FLAMITS record 14779.

        • “time to flaming (s): 2.99”

          FLAMITS record 14780.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 74.27”

          FLAMITS record 14816.

        • “burning duration (s): 43.14”

          FLAMITS record 14817.

        • “burning duration (s): 36.92”

          FLAMITS record 14818.

        • “burning duration (s): 31.94”

          FLAMITS record 14819.

    • Primary study Murray2023: Murray, B. R., Hawthorne, T., Curran, T. J., Krix, D. W., Wallace, M. I., Young, K., ... & Webb, J. K. (2023). Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland–urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Online early.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Murray2023-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.46”

        FLAMITS record 19369; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 64.13”

        FLAMITS record 19370; Sustainability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 716.33”

        FLAMITS record 19371; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 62.33”

        FLAMITS record 19372; Consumability measurement.

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