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Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium (Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium)
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Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium

Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium · Ericaceae · all Dracophyllum records · also called Common grass tree, Inaka · Wikipedia

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Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium has an avoid recommendation in the evidence table. The recommendation is kept as the record's leading selected conclusion.

Its accepted pack remains limited evidence. The source coverage defining that boundary can be checked in the documented rows, with no additional performance condition supplied by this scene.

Same-form alternatives are cited under related plants. Their presence creates a comparison route while preserving the avoid status and limited evidence as facts specific to this species record.

Fire-resistant shrubs instead

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 (36)
Corroboration (36 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

    36 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-7; sampling summer and autumn.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.8”

        FLAMITS record 2103; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 619.8”

        FLAMITS record 2124; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 70.9”

        FLAMITS record 2145; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 70.2”

        FLAMITS record 2166; Consumability measurement.

    • Primary study Cui2022: Cui, X., Paterson, A. M., Perry, G. L., Wyse, S. V., Alam, M. A., Huang, C., ... & Curran, T. J. (2022). Intraspecific variation in shoot flammability in Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium is not predicted by habitat environmental conditions. Forest Ecosystems, 9, 100017.

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

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.6”

        FLAMITS record 15511; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-1.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 680.1”

        FLAMITS record 15512; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-1.

      • “burning duration (s): 93.9”

        FLAMITS record 15513; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-1.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 76.3”

        FLAMITS record 15514; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-1.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.7”

        FLAMITS record 15515; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-2.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 439.5”

        FLAMITS record 15516; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-2.

      • “burning duration (s): 44.5”

        FLAMITS record 15517; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-2.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 33.8”

        FLAMITS record 15518; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-2.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.1”

        FLAMITS record 15519; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-3.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 674.8”

        FLAMITS record 15520; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-3.

      • “burning duration (s): 105”

        FLAMITS record 15521; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-3.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 86.3”

        FLAMITS record 15522; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-3.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.1”

        FLAMITS record 15523; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-4.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 677.3”

        FLAMITS record 15524; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-4.

      • “burning duration (s): 77”

        FLAMITS record 15525; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-4.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 86.4”

        FLAMITS record 15526; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-4.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.3”

        FLAMITS record 15527; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-5.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 456”

        FLAMITS record 15528; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-5.

      • “burning duration (s): 23.1”

        FLAMITS record 15529; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-5.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 36.4”

        FLAMITS record 15530; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-5.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.2”

        FLAMITS record 15531; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-6.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 724.4”

        FLAMITS record 15532; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-6.

      • “burning duration (s): 81.3”

        FLAMITS record 15533; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-6.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 88.8”

        FLAMITS record 15534; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-6.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.7”

        FLAMITS record 15535; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-7.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-7.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 618.3”

          FLAMITS record 15536.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 75.6”

          FLAMITS record 15538.

      • “burning duration (s): 81.1”

        FLAMITS record 15537; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-7.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1.7”

        FLAMITS record 15539; Ignitability measurement; site Cui2022-8.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 674.5”

        FLAMITS record 15540; Combustibility measurement; site Cui2022-8.

      • “burning duration (s): 55.8”

        FLAMITS record 15541; Sustainability measurement; site Cui2022-8.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 75.6”

        FLAMITS record 15542; Consumability measurement; site Cui2022-8.

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Fire-resistant shrubs listed above

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Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium (Common grass tree, Inaka). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/dracophyllum-rosmarinifolium/. Last verified 2026-08-23.