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Form
shrub
Region
Australia
Rated in
Global
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Global
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
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 (18)Corroboration (18 rows from 1 source)
18 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
Primary study Grootemaat2015: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I. J., Bodegom, P. M., Cornelissen, J. H., & Cornwell, W. K. (2015). Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species. Functional Ecology, 29, 1486-1497.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2015-1; sampling ND.
“time to flaming (s): 17.24”
FLAMITS record 4082; Ignitability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
Primary study Grootemaat2017a: Grootemaat, S., Wright, I .J., Van Bodegom, P. M., & Cornelissen, J. H. (2017). Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds. Oikos, 126, 1428-1438.
Shared row context: plant part leaves; device muffle furnace; site Grootemaat2017a-1; sampling december.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 664.1”
FLAMITS record 4439; Combustibility measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“burnt biomass (%): 90”
FLAMITS record 4450; Consumability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.06”
FLAMITS record 4459; Sustainability measurement; fuel dead; predrying no.
“maximum flame temperature (°C): 638.16”
FLAMITS record 4482; Combustibility measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“rate of burning spread (cm/s): 0.05”
FLAMITS record 4506; Sustainability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
“burnt biomass (%): 81.71”
FLAMITS record 4532; Consumability measurement; fuel live; predrying yes.
