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Australian teatree

Leptospermum laevigatum · Myrtaceae · all Leptospermum records · also called Leptospermum laevigatum · Wikipedia

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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

State distribution
Documented in CA.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
2 ecological invasive reports.
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 (6)
Corroboration (6 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

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

    • Primary study Msweli2020: Msweli, S. T., Potts, A. J., Fritz, H., & Kraaij, T. (2020). Fire weather effects on flammability of indigenous and invasive alien plants in coastal fynbos and thicket shrublands (Cape Floristic Region). PeerJ, 8, e10161.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Msweli2020-1; sampling february to november.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 69.67”

          FLAMITS record 9484.

        • “time to flaming (s): 24”

          FLAMITS record 9574.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 576.09”

          FLAMITS record 9514.

        • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 664.94”

          FLAMITS record 9604.

      • Shared measurement context: Consumability measurement.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 90.23”

          FLAMITS record 9544.

        • “burnt biomass (%): 88.82”

          FLAMITS record 9634.

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

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Leptospermum laevigatum (Leptospermum laevigatum). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/leptospermum-laevigatum/. Last verified 2026-08-25.