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Low Flammability Plants directory
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (plant flammability testing at Lincoln University). This registry entry connects 388 plant records to 389 normalized source rows. It is primary fire evidence whose independent lineage can affect a fire classification. Evidence kind: lab-tested; lineage: lincoln-nz-tree.
- Publisher
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand (plant flammability testing at Lincoln University)
- Region
- New Zealand
- Evidence kind
- Lab-tested
- Linked plants
- 388
- Normalized rows
- 389
- Fire-evidence rows
- 389
Seven-level flammability classification (Very low / Low / Low-moderate / Moderate / Moderate-high / High / Very high) across 402 species, grounded in shoot-flammability testing at Lincoln University (the Curran-group "plant barbecue" program). Verdict map: very low, low, and low-moderate = recommend (the directory calls low and low-moderate species ideal for planting); moderate and moderate-high = mixed; high and very high = avoid. A separate list of twelve high-flammability environmental weeds (2024 Department of Conservation list) maps to avoid.
Linked plant records (388)
| Plant | Source use |
|---|---|
| Agrostis muelleriana | fire evidence · 1 |
| Akapuka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Akatea | fire evidence · 1 |
| Akepiro | fire evidence · 1 |
| Akiraho | fire evidence · 1 |
| Alfalfa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Algerian fir | fire evidence · 1 |
| Alpine clubmoss | fire evidence · 1 |
| American sweetgum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Anisotome flexuosa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Apple | fire evidence · 1 |
| Apple mint | fire evidence · 1 |
| Arizona pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Armstrong’s mountain daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Aromatic aniseed | fire evidence · 1 |
| Asbestos Inaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Austroblechnum membranaceum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Avocado | fire evidence · 1 |
| Barnyard grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Basil | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bastard grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bastard grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Big trefoil | fire evidence · 1 |
| Birdfoot Trefoil | fire evidence · 1 |
| Black Mondo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Blackberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Blackcurrant | fire evidence · 1 |
| Blackwood | fire evidence · 1 |
| Blue tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Blueberries | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bog pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bog rush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bottlebrush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Brachyglottis bidwillii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Brachyglottis buchananii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Brachyglottis cassinioides | fire evidence · 1 |
| Brachyglottis lagopus | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bracken Fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bristle tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Broadleaf | fire evidence · 1 |
| Broadleaf plantain | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bulbous canary-grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bullrush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bush lily | fire evidence · 1 |
| Bush snowberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cabbage tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Carolina hemlock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Carpha | fire evidence · 1 |
| Caucasian clover | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cavendish banana | fire evidence · 1 |
| Celerytop pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Celmisia discolor | fire evidence · 1 |
| Celmisia verbascifolia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Centaury | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cherry-laurel | fire evidence · 1 |
| Chicory | fire evidence · 1 |
| Climbing rātā | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coastal cutty grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Columbine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Comfrey | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common broom | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common grass tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common linden | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common mountain daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common mountain daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common sunflower | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common tree daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common vetch | fire evidence · 1 |
| Common yarrow | fire evidence · 1 |
| Confederate jasmine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Contorted filbert | fire evidence · 1 |
| Contorted willow | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma crassifolia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma depressa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma dumosa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma perpusilla | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma pseudocuneata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma rhamnoides | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma rigida | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma rotundifolia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma rugosa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coprosma serrulata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Coulter pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cranesbill | fire evidence · 1 |
| Creeping clubmoss | fire evidence · 1 |
| Creeping everlasting daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Creeping eyebright | fire evidence · 1 |
| Creeping matipo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Creeping pōhuehue | fire evidence · 1 |
| Crested dogstail | fire evidence · 1 |
| Crown fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Crown vetch | fire evidence · 1 |
| Curled dock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Curled leaved neinei | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cushion inaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cutty grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Cutty grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Danthonia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Deptford pink | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum densum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum fiordense | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum kirkii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum menziesii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum oliveri | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum townsonii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dracophyllum uniflorum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Drooping spleenwort | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dwarf Alpine Senecio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Dwarf mingimingi | fire evidence · 2 |
| Dwarf nettle | fire evidence · 1 |
| Easter lily | fire evidence · 1 |
| English Lavender | fire evidence · 1 |
| English oak | fire evidence · 1 |
| English walnut | fire evidence · 1 |
| European beech | fire evidence · 1 |
| European hornbeam | fire evidence · 1 |
| Fescue tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Flax | fire evidence · 1 |
| Fragrant fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gaultheria rupestris | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gentianella montana | fire evidence · 1 |
| Geranium microphyllum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Geum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Giant speargrass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Ginkgo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Golden spaniard | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gonocarpus aggregatus | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gorse | fire evidence · 1 |
| Grand fir | fire evidence · 1 |
| Grass tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Green ash | fire evidence · 1 |
| Green-tip forest lily | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gully fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Gumland grass tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Haaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Haast’s carrot | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hairy canary-clover | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hakapiri | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hangehange | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hare's-foot clover | fire evidence · 1 |
| Haumakoroa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hedge Bindweed | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hedge mustard | fire evidence · 1 |
| Himalayan honeysuckle | fire evidence · 1 |
| Himalayan pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Holm oak | fire evidence · 1 |
| Horoeka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Horsechestnut | fire evidence · 1 |
| Houhere | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hound’s tongue | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hunangamoho | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hūpiro | fire evidence · 1 |
| Huruhuruwhenua | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae | fire evidence · 1 |
| Inaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Inanga | fire evidence · 1 |
| Inanga | fire evidence · 1 |
| Inkberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Italian alder | fire evidence · 1 |
| Italian rye-grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Jointed wire rush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kahikatea | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kaikōmako | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kakah | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kāmahi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kanono | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kānuka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kānuka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Karaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Karo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kātote | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kauri | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kawakawa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kelleria dieffenbachii | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kiekie | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kiokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kiwakiwa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kopakopa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Korokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Korokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Koromiko | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kōwhai | fire evidence · 1 |
| Kwanzan flowering cherry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Lagenophora cuneata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Large-flowered mat daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Large-leaved linden | fire evidence · 1 |
| Laurustinus | fire evidence · 1 |
| Leatherwood | fire evidence · 1 |
| Lemon | fire evidence · 1 |
| Leopard plant | fire evidence · 1 |
| Leptinella pectinata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Leucopogon colensoi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Little hard fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Luzula pumila | fire evidence · 1 |
| Māhoe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mahonia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mamaku | fire evidence · 1 |
| Māmāngi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mānatu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Marble Inaka | fire evidence · 1 |
| Marram grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Marsh ribbonwood | fire evidence · 1 |
| Matagouri | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mataī | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mātātā | fire evidence · 1 |
| Meadow foxtail | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mexican apple | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mexican orange blossom | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mikimiki | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mikimiki | fire evidence · 1 |
| Miner’s lettuce | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mingimingi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Miro | fire evidence · 1 |
| Monoao | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mother spleenwort | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mount Cook lily | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain akeake | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain aniseed | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain ash | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain fivefinger | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain flax | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain flax | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain foxglove | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain foxglove | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain holly | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain kiokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain lacebark | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain neinei | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain oat grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain shield fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain tauhinu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain tōtara | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain tōtara | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain tree fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain tutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain violet | fire evidence · 1 |
| Mountain wineberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Narrow-leaf sugarbush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Narrow-leaved houhere | fire evidence · 1 |
| Narrow-leaved plantain | fire evidence · 1 |
| Narrow-leaved snow tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Native Hop | fire evidence · 1 |
| Native wheatgrass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Neinei | fire evidence · 1 |
| New Zealand ash | fire evidence · 1 |
| New Zealand harebell | fire evidence · 1 |
| New Zealand jasmine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Nīkau palm | fire evidence · 1 |
| Niniao | fire evidence · 1 |
| Northern rata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Norway spruce | fire evidence · 1 |
| Odd-leaved orchid | fire evidence · 1 |
| Olearia nummulariifolia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Opium poppy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pāhautea | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pasture Brome | fire evidence · 1 |
| Patē | fire evidence · 1 |
| Path rush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Peach | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pear | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pear | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pentachondra pumila | fire evidence · 1 |
| Perching lily | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pigeonwood | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pimelea | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pink pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pittosporum divaricatum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pittosporum rigidum | fire evidence · 1 |
| Poataniwha | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pōhuehue | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pōhutukawa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Ponderosa pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Porcupine shrub | fire evidence · 1 |
| Poroporo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Port Orford cedar | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pot marigold | fire evidence · 1 |
| Prairie grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Prickly hakea | fire evidence · 1 |
| Prickly mingimingi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Prostrate kōwhai | fire evidence · 1 |
| Prostrate snowberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pseudopanax linearis | fire evidence · 1 |
| Punui | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pūriri | fire evidence · 1 |
| Purple Robe locust | fire evidence · 1 |
| Purple umbrella sedge | fire evidence · 1 |
| Putaputāwētā | fire evidence · 1 |
| Pygmy pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Quintinia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Railing neinei | fire evidence · 1 |
| Rangiora | fire evidence · 1 |
| Raspberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Rātā | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red beech | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red Clover | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red currant | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red fir | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red horopito | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red tip photinia | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Red woodrush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Redclaws | fire evidence · 1 |
| Rewarewa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Richard’s spleenwort | fire evidence · 1 |
| Rimu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Rosemary | fire evidence · 1 |
| Round-leaved fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sand coprosma | fire evidence · 1 |
| Santa Lucia fir | fire evidence · 1 |
| Satinwood | fire evidence · 1 |
| Scarlet Snowberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Scleranthus uniflorus | fire evidence · 1 |
| Scot's pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Scrambling fumitory | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sedge | fire evidence · 1 |
| Senecio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sheep sorrel | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sheep’s sorrel | fire evidence · 1 |
| Shining karamū | fire evidence · 1 |
| Shore hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Shore spleenwort | fire evidence · 1 |
| Short-flowered cranesbill | fire evidence · 1 |
| Shrubby Veronica | fire evidence · 1 |
| Silky Oak | fire evidence · 1 |
| Silver dollar tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Silver tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Silver Wattle | fire evidence · 1 |
| Slim snow tussock | fire evidence · 1 |
| Small kiokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Small-leaved milk tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Small-leaved tutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Snowberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Snowberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Soft brome | fire evidence · 1 |
| Soft rush | fire evidence · 1 |
| Southern magnolia | fire evidence · 1 |
| St. Johnswort | fire evidence · 1 |
| Stone pine | fire evidence · 1 |
| Strawberry | fire evidence · 1 |
| Strawberry tree | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sugar cane | fire evidence · 1 |
| Summer grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Supplejack | fire evidence · 1 |
| Swamp broom | fire evidence · 1 |
| Swamp kiokio | fire evidence · 1 |
| Swamp neinei | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sweet chestnut | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sweet fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sweet vernal | fire evidence · 1 |
| Sycamore maple | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tall fescue | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tall oat-grass | fire evidence · 1 |
| Taraire | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tātarāmoa | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tauhinu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Taupata | fire evidence · 1 |
| Thick-leaved mahoe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Thousand leaved fern | fire evidence · 1 |
| Timothy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Toetoe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Topiarist's Hebe | fire evidence · 1 |
| Toro | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tree lucerne | fire evidence · 1 |
| Turf mat daisy | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Tutu | fire evidence · 1 |
| Veitch's silver-fir | fire evidence · 1 |
| Wallflower | fire evidence · 1 |
| Watermelon | fire evidence · 1 |
| Weeping matipo | fire evidence · 1 |
| Western balsam poplar | fire evidence · 1 |
| Wheki | fire evidence · 1 |
| White clover | fire evidence · 1 |
| White Gum | fire evidence · 1 |
| White maire | fire evidence · 1 |
| White rātā | fire evidence · 1 |
| White-leaved lawyer | fire evidence · 1 |
| Willowherb | fire evidence · 1 |
| Willowherb | fire evidence · 1 |
| Wiwi | fire evidence · 1 |
| Yellow snow marguerite | fire evidence · 1 |
| Yoshino cherry | fire evidence · 1 |