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Dracophyllum acerosum (Dracophyllum acerosum)
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Dracophyllum acerosum

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Dracophyllum acerosum is represented in a tree-and-shrub shoot assessment, the quantitative study of flammability across 60 species. Its experimental lineage is retained alongside the rest of the cited record.

The pack is limited evidence, while the recommendation reads avoid. The source rows behind that recommendation remain visible in the evidence table, rather than being inferred from the study title alone.

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Form
shrub
Region
New Zealand
Rated in
Global; New Zealand
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; New Zealand

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.

Avoids (1)

Listed without a rating (16)
Corroboration (16 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

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

    • Primary study Cui2020a: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Wyse, S. V., Alam, M. A., Maurin, K. J. L., Pieper, R., ... Curran, T. J. (2020a). Shoot flammability of vascular plants is phylogenetically conserved and related to habitat fire-proneness and growth form. Nature Plants, 6, 355-359.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND.

      • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

        FLAMITS record 1383; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 544.14”

        FLAMITS record 1577; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 51.71”

        FLAMITS record 1771; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 59.29”

        FLAMITS record 1965; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Cui2020b: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Alam, M. A., Wyse, S. V., Marshall, K., Perry, G. L. W., & Curran, T. J. (2020b). Shoot-level flammability across the Dracophyllum (Ericaceae) phylogeny: evidence for flammability being an emergent property in a land with little fire. New Phytologist, 228, 95-105

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020b-19; sampling summer and autumn.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2”

        FLAMITS record 2115; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 544.1”

        FLAMITS record 2136; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 51.7”

        FLAMITS record 2157; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 59.3”

        FLAMITS record 2178; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Padulles2018: Padullés-Cubino, J., Buckley, H. L., Day, N. J., Pieper, R., & Curran, T. J. (2018). Community-level flammability declines over 25 years of plant invasion in grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 106, 1582-1594.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Padulles2018-1; sampling 1982 to 2007.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.12”

        FLAMITS record 9980; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 716.88”

        FLAMITS record 10031; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 249.63”

        FLAMITS record 10082; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 73.25”

        FLAMITS record 10133; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Wyse2016: Wyse, S. V., Perry, G. L. W., O'Connell, D. M., Holland, P. S., Wright, M. J., Hosted, C. L., ... Curran, T. J. (2016). A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species supports rankings based on expert opinion. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25, 466-477.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Wyse2016-3; sampling ND.

      • “ignition frequency (%): 87.5”

        FLAMITS record 14339; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 483.8”

        FLAMITS record 14399; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 38.4”

        FLAMITS record 14459; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 35.6”

        FLAMITS record 14519; Consumability measurement.

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