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Dracophyllum oliveri (Dracophyllum oliveri)
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Dracophyllum oliveri

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Dracophyllum oliveri is marked avoid in the evidence table. The pack remains limited evidence, while related plants lists alternatives with the same form.

This record uses the taxon's scientific name as its displayed common name, so the oliveri account centers source roles rather than a second label. The genus index gives access to other Dracophyllum entries without merging their support. Here the avoid result, evidence-depth notice, and comparison set stay attached to separate destinations, so browsing outward cannot make an alternative or sibling record count as evidence for oliveri beyond its accepted rows.

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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 (4)
Corroboration (4 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

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

    • 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-8; sampling summer and autumn.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.1”

        FLAMITS record 2104; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 658.1”

        FLAMITS record 2125; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 39.9”

        FLAMITS record 2146; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 64.3”

        FLAMITS record 2167; Consumability measurement.

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