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Kunzea robusta joins keep away recommendation. Then limited evidence on Kunzea robusta. The banner is not the whole file — Kunzea robusta. On kunzea robusta, avoid does not replace limited evidence. Kunzea robusta is the taxon those two facts attach to.
Use evidence on Kunzea robusta. Use related plants on Kunzea robusta. Kunzea robusta keeps the sourced table. On kunzea robusta, avoid sits with limited evidence beside Kunzea robusta.
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Global; New Zealand
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
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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.
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.
Avoids (1)
Low Flammability Plants directory — Fire and Emergency New Zealand (plant flammability testing at Lincoln University) · 2026 · original sourcePrimary evidenceLab-testedlineage: lincoln-nz-tree
“High flammability”
High flammability classification.
Listed without a rating (16)Corroboration (16 rows from 1 source)
16 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Sultana2022: Sultana, N. (2022). Traits underpinning the eco-physiological processes linking drought and flammability. PhD. Dissertation. Lincoln University.
Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Sultana2022-1.
“time to flaming (s): 2.15”
FLAMITS record 16097; Ignitability measurement; sampling autum 2019.
“time to flaming (s): 1.05”
FLAMITS record 16098; Ignitability measurement; sampling winter 2019.
“time to flaming (s): 0.43”
FLAMITS record 16099; Ignitability measurement; sampling spring 2019.
“time to flaming (s): 0.43”
FLAMITS record 16100; Ignitability measurement; sampling summer 2019.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 599.11”
FLAMITS record 16137; Combustibility measurement; sampling autum 2019.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 647.64”
FLAMITS record 16138; Combustibility measurement; sampling winter 2019.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 721.67”
FLAMITS record 16139; Combustibility measurement; sampling spring 2019.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 686.47”
FLAMITS record 16140; Combustibility measurement; sampling summer 2019.
“estimated burnt biomass (%): 76.62”
FLAMITS record 16177; Consumability measurement; sampling autum 2019.
“estimated burnt biomass (%): 76.75”
FLAMITS record 16178; Consumability measurement; sampling winter 2019.
“estimated burnt biomass (%): 94.4”
FLAMITS record 16179; Consumability measurement; sampling spring 2019.
“estimated burnt biomass (%): 94.04”
FLAMITS record 16180; Consumability measurement; sampling summer 2019.
“burning duration (s): 22.05”
FLAMITS record 16217; Sustainability measurement; sampling autum 2019.
“burning duration (s): 49.7”
FLAMITS record 16218; Sustainability measurement; sampling winter 2019.
“burning duration (s): 37.64”
FLAMITS record 16219; Sustainability measurement; sampling spring 2019.
“burning duration (s): 26.2”
FLAMITS record 16220; Sustainability measurement; sampling summer 2019.
