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Hakea dactyloides · Proteaceae · all Hakea records · also called Hakea dactyloides

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Form
shrub
Region
Australia
Rated in
Global
On this lot

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

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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.

Listed without a rating (23)
Corroboration (23 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

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

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2015-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 5.79”

        FLAMITS record 4073; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.

        • “flaming duration (s): 5.7”

          FLAMITS record 4105.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 28.88”

          FLAMITS record 4137.

        • “burning duration (s): 34.58”

          FLAMITS record 4169.

      • “time to flaming (s): 12.58”

        FLAMITS record 4201; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.

        • “burning duration (s): 34.81”

          FLAMITS record 4233.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 27.95”

          FLAMITS record 4265.

        • “flaming duration (s): 6.86”

          FLAMITS record 4297.

      • “time to flaming (s): 3.4”

        FLAMITS record 4328; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.

        • “flaming duration (s): 8”

          FLAMITS record 4358.

        • “smouldering duration (s): 27.7”

          FLAMITS record 4388.

        • “burning duration (s): 35.7”

          FLAMITS record 4418.

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 752.47”

        FLAMITS record 4474; Combustibility measurement.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.15”

        FLAMITS record 4498; Sustainability measurement.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 91.17”

        FLAMITS record 4524; Consumability measurement.

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2019-1; sampling june to august.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 10.7”

          FLAMITS record 5976.

        • “time to smoke (s): 6.5”

          FLAMITS record 6063.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “smoke duration (s): 7.3”

          FLAMITS record 6150.

        • “burning duration (s): 16”

          FLAMITS record 6210.

    • Primary study Murray2023: Murray, B. R., Hawthorne, T., Curran, T. J., Krix, D. W., Wallace, M. I., Young, K., ... & Webb, J. K. (2023). Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland–urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Online early.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Murray2023-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 2.88”

        FLAMITS record 19389; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 30.66”

        FLAMITS record 19390; Sustainability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 425.22”

        FLAMITS record 19391; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 23.55”

        FLAMITS record 19392; Consumability measurement.

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

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