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Mountain neinei

Dracophyllum traversii · Ericaceae · all Dracophyllum records · also called Grass tree

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: No test or rating condition is normalized.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 0 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global; New Zealand
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: No state distribution is normalized.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
Introduced / established: No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status: Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
Seed-list status: Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
Reported invasive here: No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
Broader regional context: Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
Federal context: Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.

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.

Mountain neinei (Dracophyllum traversii) — Photo: (c) Alice Shanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Form: tree
Region: New Zealand
Rated in: Global; New Zealand
Family: Ericaceae
Evidence: 15 cited sources

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 (14)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

14 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “ignition frequency (%): 62.5” · score 62.5 (FLAMITS — ignition frequency (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 1387; Ignitability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND. 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.
- “maximum sample temperature (°C): 295.8” · score 295.8 (FLAMITS — maximum sample temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 1581; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND. 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.
- “burning duration (s): 20.1” · score 20.1 (FLAMITS — burning duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 1775; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND. 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.
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 10” · score 10 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 1969; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020a-1; sampling ND. 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.
- “time to flaming (s): 8.9” · score 8.9 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2102; Ignitability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020b-6; sampling summer and autumn. 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
- “maximum flame temperature (°C): 295.8” · score 295.8 (FLAMITS — maximum flame temperature (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 2123; Combustibility measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020b-6; sampling summer and autumn. 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
- “burning duration (s): 20.1” · score 20.1 (FLAMITS — burning duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 2144; Sustainability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020b-6; sampling summer and autumn. 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
- “estimated burnt biomass (%): 10” · score 10 (FLAMITS — estimated burnt biomass (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 2165; Consumability measurement; plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Cui2020b-6; sampling summer and autumn. 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
- “temperature at smoke (°C): 102.5” · score 102.5 (FLAMITS — temperature at smoke (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 8377; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
- “temperature at smoke (°C): 133.04” · score 133.04 (FLAMITS — temperature at smoke (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 8378; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
- “temperature at flaming (°C): 279.6” · score 279.6 (FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 8592; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
- “temperature at flaming (°C): 292.56” · score 292.56 (FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C))
  
  FLAMITS record 8593; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
- “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 13.08” · score 13.08 (FLAMITS — temperature increase rate (°C/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 8807; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.
- “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 8.59” · score 8.59 (FLAMITS — temperature increase rate (°C/s))
  
  FLAMITS record 8808; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.

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