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Woolly Tea-Tree (Leptospermum lanigerum)
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Woolly Tea-Tree

Leptospermum lanigerum · Myrtaceae · all Leptospermum records · also called Woolley Teatree · Wikipedia

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Leptospermum lanigerum checks keep away recommendation. Then limited evidence on Leptospermum lanigerum. This is not one slogan — Leptospermum lanigerum. On leptospermum lanigerum, avoid does not replace limited evidence. Leptospermum lanigerum is the taxon those two facts attach to.

Leptospermum lanigerum also carries same form alternatives.

Use evidence on Leptospermum lanigerum. The jumps stay with Leptospermum lanigerum. On leptospermum lanigerum, avoid sits with limited evidence on Leptospermum lanigerum. The table for leptospermum lanigerum still names Leptospermum lanigerum.

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Form
shrub
Region
Tasmania, Australia
Rated in
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
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)

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Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Leptospermum lanigerum (Woolley Teatree). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/leptospermum-lanigerum/. Last verified 2026-08-23.