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Eucalyptus tereticornis · Myrtaceae · all Eucalyptus records · also called Eucalyptus tereticornis · Wikipedia

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA, HI.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
2 ecological invasive reports.
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.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

2

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

2 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)
  • Hawaii (HI)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

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 (12)
Corroboration (12 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

    12 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Possell2013: Possell, M., & Bell, T. L. (2012). The influence of fuel moisture content on the combustion of Eucalyptus foliage. International journal of wildland fire, 22, 343-352.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; site Possell2013-1; sampling march.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement; device burning bench.

        • “time to flaming (s): 12.88”

          FLAMITS record 10702.

        • “time to flaming (s): 54.01”

          FLAMITS record 10703.

        • “time to flaming (s): 302.89”

          FLAMITS record 10704.

        • “time to flaming (s): 360.48”

          FLAMITS record 10705.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement; device burning bench.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 184.04”

          FLAMITS record 10714.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 155.24”

          FLAMITS record 10715.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 51.5”

          FLAMITS record 10716.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 71.65”

          FLAMITS record 10717.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement; device calorimeter.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 5185.34”

          FLAMITS record 10726.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3090.66”

          FLAMITS record 10727.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1882.1”

          FLAMITS record 10728.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1822.39”

          FLAMITS record 10729.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Eucalyptus tereticornis (Eucalyptus tereticornis). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/eucalyptus-tereticornis/. Last verified 2026-08-25.