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Gahnia grandis has a keep away recommendation. For Gahnia grandis, limited evidence remains a separate depth label. Neither row erases the other on Gahnia grandis. Cutting Grass is the vernacular name attached to Gahnia grandis.
Gahnia grandis still has same form alternatives after that lead pair. Gahnia grandis does not pick only one of those facts on Gahnia grandis.
Open the evidence table for Gahnia grandis; related plants cited for Gahnia grandis. Gahnia grandis is sourced there, not restated here.
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.
Where its sources say to plant it
Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating.
They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.
Fire Resisting Garden Plants for the Urban Fringe and Rur…: remove from the Building Protection Zone; avoid in the Fuel Modified Zone [Texas Building Protection Zone] (with its avoid rating)
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.
3 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Dickinson1985: Dickinson, K. J. M., & Kirkpatrick, J. B. (1985). The flammability and energy content of some important plant-species and fuel components in the forests of Southeastern Tasmania. Journal of Biogeography, 12, 121-134.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; predrying yes; device calorimeter; site Dickinson1985-1; sampling winter.
“calorific value (kcal/kg): 4267.68”
FLAMITS record 2905; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.14”
FLAMITS record 2914; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead.
“calorific value (kcal/kg): 4373.8”
FLAMITS record 2938; Combustibility measurement; fuel live.
