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Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants supplies the published entry for sandalwood emu-bush, Eremophila santalina. The list uses its fire-retardant category, defined there as resisting the first flame wave while possibly burning once dry. That recommendation places the species on-list in the evidence table.
Originating in Victoria, a single citation supports this page; sandalwood emu-bush is therefore tagged limited evidence. The distinction preserves both parts of the record: the source recommends the plant, and the directory currently has no second fire source with which to compare that result.
Consult the source table for the row itself. Comparisons provide a comparison path, and the genus index collects other members without borrowing their citations for E. santalina.
Form
shrub
Region
Victoria, Australia
Rated in
Victoria, Australia
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Victoria, Australia
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
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.
