United States / Grow / bastard coolibah
Eucalyptus intertexta
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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.
FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
Primary study Grootemaat2015: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2015). Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species. Functional Ecology, 29, 1486-1497.
“time to flaming (s): 3”
FLAMITS record 4068; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“flaming duration (s): 3.92”
FLAMITS record 4100.
“smouldering duration (s): 32.66”
FLAMITS record 4132.
“burning duration (s): 36.58”
FLAMITS record 4164.
“time to flaming (s): 12.53”
FLAMITS record 4196; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.
“burning duration (s): 41.64”
FLAMITS record 4228.
“smouldering duration (s): 35.85”
FLAMITS record 4260.
“flaming duration (s): 5.79”
FLAMITS record 4292.
“time to flaming (s): 2.44”
FLAMITS record 4323; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“flaming duration (s): 4.44”
FLAMITS record 4353.
“smouldering duration (s): 31.25”
FLAMITS record 4383.
“burning duration (s): 35.69”
FLAMITS record 4413.
Primary study Grootemaat2017a: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I .J., Van Bodegom, P. M., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2017). Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds. Oikos, 126, 1428-1438.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 674.5”
FLAMITS record 4434; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 89.7”
FLAMITS record 4445; Consumability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.12”
FLAMITS record 4454; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 598.61”
FLAMITS record 4471; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.08”
FLAMITS record 4495; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 91.03”
FLAMITS record 4521; Consumability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.
