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Eucalyptus piperita
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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 Grootemaat2017b: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Van Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Shaw, V. (2017). Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees. Australian Journal of Botany, 65, 327.
“time to flaming (s): 2.72”
FLAMITS record 4543; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.
“smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 83.89”
FLAMITS record 4553.
“flaming duration per mass (s/g): 28.99”
FLAMITS record 4573.
“mass loss rate (g/s): 10.76”
FLAMITS record 4563; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel dead.
“time to flaming (s): 5.79”
FLAMITS record 4583; Ignitability measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.
“smouldering duration per mass (s/g): 154.53”
FLAMITS record 4593.
“flaming duration per mass (s/g): 31.31”
FLAMITS record 4613.
“mass loss rate (g/s): 7.34”
FLAMITS record 4603; Combustibility measurement; plant part bark; fuel live.
Primary study Krix2019: Krix, D. W., Phillips, M. L., & Murray, B. R. (2019). Relationships among leaf flammability attributes and identifying low-leaf-flammability species at the wildland-urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 295-307.
“time to flaming (s): 11.3”
FLAMITS record 5969.
“time to smoke (s): 8”
FLAMITS record 6056.
“time to flaming (s): 12”
FLAMITS record 6106.
“flaming duration (s): 8.9”
FLAMITS record 6019.
“smoke duration (s): 11.4”
FLAMITS record 6143.
“burning duration (s): 48.7”
FLAMITS record 6203.
