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

Grass Tree

Dracophyllum traversii · Ericaceae · all Dracophyllum records · also called Mountain neinei · Wikipedia

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

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — 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.

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Listed without a rating (14)
Corroboration (14 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

    14 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 (%): 62.5”

        FLAMITS record 1387; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 295.8”

        FLAMITS record 1581; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 20.1”

        FLAMITS record 1775; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 10”

        FLAMITS record 1969; 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-6; sampling summer and autumn.

      • “time to flaming (s): 8.9”

        FLAMITS record 2102; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 295.8”

        FLAMITS record 2123; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 20.1”

        FLAMITS record 2144; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 10”

        FLAMITS record 2165; Consumability measurement.

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-4; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 102.5”

          FLAMITS record 8377.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 133.04”

          FLAMITS record 8378.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 279.6”

          FLAMITS record 8592.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 292.56”

          FLAMITS record 8593.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 13.08”

          FLAMITS record 8807.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 8.59”

          FLAMITS record 8808.

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