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Wooly blackberry

Rubus canescens · Rosaceae · all Rubus records · also called Rubus canescens · Wikipedia

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Form
vine
Region
New Zealand
Rated in
Global
On this lot

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

Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.

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.

Listed without a rating (4)
Corroboration (4 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

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

    • Primary study Alam2020: Alam, M. A., Wyse, S. V., Buckley, H. L., Perry, G. L. W., Sullivan, J. J., Mason, N. W. H., . . . Curran, T. J. (2020). Shoot flammability is decoupled from leaf flammability, but controlled by leaf functional traits. Journal of Ecology, 108, 641-653.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Alam2020-1; sampling ND.

      • “ignition frequency (%): 66.6”

        FLAMITS record 15; Ignitability measurement.

      • “maximum sample temperature (°C): 349.33”

        FLAMITS record 31; Combustibility measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 5.44”

        FLAMITS record 47; Sustainability measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 13.89”

        FLAMITS record 63; Consumability measurement.

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

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Rubus canescens (Rubus canescens). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/rubus-canescens/. Last verified 2026-08-25.