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Lasiopetalum ferrugineum
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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 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.
“time to flaming (s): 3.08”
FLAMITS record 4077; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“flaming duration (s): 6.08”
FLAMITS record 4109.
“smouldering duration (s): 28.87”
FLAMITS record 4141.
“burning duration (s): 34.95”
FLAMITS record 4173.
“time to flaming (s): 6.87”
FLAMITS record 4205; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying no.
“burning duration (s): 37.43”
FLAMITS record 4237.
“smouldering duration (s): 29.32”
FLAMITS record 4269.
“flaming duration (s): 8.11”
FLAMITS record 4301.
“time to flaming (s): 1.73”
FLAMITS record 4332; Ignitability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“flaming duration (s): 4.88”
FLAMITS record 4362.
“smouldering duration (s): 16.14”
FLAMITS record 4392.
“burning duration (s): 21.02”
FLAMITS record 4422.
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.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 641.7”
FLAMITS record 4437; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 94.63”
FLAMITS record 4448; Consumability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.25”
FLAMITS record 4457; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 629.76”
FLAMITS record 4478; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.32”
FLAMITS record 4502; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“burnt biomass (%): 91.38”
FLAMITS record 4528; Consumability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“time to flaming (s): 11”
FLAMITS record 9692; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Murray2013-1; sampling march to april. Primary study Murray2013: Murray, B. R., Hardstaff, L. K., & Phillips, M. L. (2013). Differences in leaf flammability, leaf traits and flammability-trait relationships between native and exotic plant species of dry sclerophyll forest. PLoS One, 8, e79205.
