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variable sword-sedge (Lepidosperma laterale)
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variable sword-sedge

Lepidosperma laterale · Cyperaceae · also called Sword Rush · Wikipedia

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Lepidosperma laterale splits keep away recommendation. Then limited evidence on Lepidosperma laterale. The facts answer different questions — Lepidosperma laterale. On lepidosperma laterale, avoid does not replace limited evidence. Lepidosperma laterale is the taxon those two facts attach to.

Lepidosperma laterale also carries same form alternatives.

Use evidence on Lepidosperma laterale. The jumps stay with Lepidosperma laterale. On lepidosperma laterale, avoid sits with limited evidence on Lepidosperma laterale. The table for lepidosperma laterale still names Lepidosperma laterale.

Fire-resistant grasss instead

Form
grass
Region
Australia; Tasmania, Australia
Rated in
Global; Tasmania, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
Global; Tasmania, Australia

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.

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.

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)

Listed without a rating (3)
Corroboration (3 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

    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): 4463.43”

        FLAMITS record 2904; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead.

      • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.17”

        FLAMITS record 2913; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4456.74”

        FLAMITS record 2937; Combustibility measurement; fuel live.

Fire-resistant grasss instead

Fire-resistant grasss listed above

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Lepidosperma laterale (Sword Rush). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/lepidosperma-laterale/. Last verified 2026-08-23.