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Cedar (Libocedrus bidwillii)
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Cedar

Libocedrus bidwillii · Cupressaceae · all Libocedrus records · also called Pāhautea, Kaikawaka, New Zealand cedar · Wikipedia

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The Libocedrus bidwillii file for libocedrus bidwillii names keep away recommendation. On libocedrus bidwillii, limited evidence sits versus that bidwillii row. The facts stay as separate jobs on Libocedrus bidwillii. avoid and limited evidence stay split for libocedrus bidwillii.

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Form
tree
Region
New Zealand
Rated in
Global; New Zealand
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global; New Zealand

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.

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 (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 Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-3; sampling summer.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 211.24”

          FLAMITS record 8422.

        • “temperature at smoke (°C): 357.86”

          FLAMITS record 8423.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 305.82”

          FLAMITS record 8637.

        • “temperature at flaming (°C): 415.08”

          FLAMITS record 8638.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 15.08”

          FLAMITS record 8852.

        • “temperature increase rate (°C/s): 23.97”

          FLAMITS record 8853.

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

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Libocedrus bidwillii (Pāhautea, Kaikawaka, New Zealand cedar). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/libocedrus-bidwillii/. Last verified 2026-08-23.