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Smilax australis
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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.
FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
Primary study Krix2019: Krix, D. W., Phillips, M. L., & Murray, B. R. (2019). Relationships among leaf flammability attributes and identifying low-leaf-flammability species at the wildland-urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 295-307.
“time to flaming (s): 11.1”
FLAMITS record 5996.
“time to smoke (s): 8.3”
FLAMITS record 6083.
“time to flaming (s): 13.8”
FLAMITS record 6116.
“flaming duration (s): 3.5”
FLAMITS record 6029.
“smoke duration (s): 9.2”
FLAMITS record 6170.
“burning duration (s): 27.3”
FLAMITS record 6230.
Primary study Salvo2015: Salvo-Aires, F. (2015). Effects of woody weeds on fuels and fire behaviour in Eastern Australian forests and woodlands. PhD. Dissertation. University of Sydney.
“time to flaming (s): 108”
FLAMITS record 11675; Ignitability measurement.
“maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 187”
FLAMITS record 11712.
“mass loss rate (g/s): 0.17”
FLAMITS record 11786.
“calorific value (kcal/kg): 3229.19”
FLAMITS record 11860.
“energy flux (kW/m²): 151”
FLAMITS record 11897.
“flaming duration (s): 45”
FLAMITS record 11749; Sustainability measurement.
“burnt biomass (%): 90”
FLAMITS record 11823; Consumability measurement.
Primary study Potts2022: Potts, E., Tng, D., Apgaua, D., Curran, T. J., Engert, J., & Laurance, S. G. (2022). Growth form and functional traits influence the shoot flammability of tropical rainforest species. Forest Ecology and Management, 522, 120485.
“estimated burnt biomass (%): 6”
FLAMITS record 15022; Consumability measurement.
“burning duration (s): 7.81”
FLAMITS record 15146; Sustainability measurement.
“maximum sample temperature (°C): 644.9”
FLAMITS record 15270; Combustibility measurement.
