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A quantitative assessment of shoot flammability for 60 tree and shrub species

International Journal of Wildland Fire (Wyse, Perry, O'Connell, Holland, Wright, Hosted, Whitelock, Geary, Maurin, Curran). This registry entry connects 60 plant records to 60 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
International Journal of Wildland Fire (Wyse, Perry, O'Connell, Holland, Wright, Hosted, Whitelock, Geary, Maurin, Curran)
Region
New Zealand
Evidence kind
Lab-tested
Linked plants
60
Normalized rows
60
Fire-evidence rows
60

Figure 2 assigns all 60 tested species to k-means clusters on the first principal-component axis: low, low/moderate, moderate, moderate/high, high, or very high. Verdict map: low and low/moderate = recommend; moderate and moderate/high = mixed; high and very high = avoid. The map is applied once for this source and does not infer thresholds from plotted positions.

Direct shoot-flammability evidence from the Lincoln University program. Freshly collected shoots were air-dried for 24 hours before testing. This is the same lincoln-nz-tree as later Cui/Curran papers and the FENZ directory, so it is one lineage vote. The full article is publicly available from the Lincoln University Research Archive; DOI 10.1071/WF15047.

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Linked plant records (60)

Each row names the evidence channel this source supports. Range, status, hardiness, and fire-ecology context remain separate from fire classification.

PlantSource use
AkepiroOlearia furfuracea fire evidence · 1
BottlebrushCallistemon rigidus fire evidence · 1
Bracken FernPteridium esculentum fire evidence · 1
BroadleafGriselinia littoralis fire evidence · 1
Cabbage treeCordyline australis fire evidence · 1
Celerytop pinePhyllocladus alpinus fire evidence · 1
Climbing rātāMetrosideros fulgens fire evidence · 1
Dracophyllum acerosumDracophyllum acerosum fire evidence · 1
Five fingerPseudopanax arboreus fire evidence · 1
FlaxPhormium tenax fire evidence · 1
GorseUlex europaeus fire evidence · 1
HakapiriOlearia traversiorum fire evidence · 1
HangehangeGeniostoma ligustrifolium fire evidence · 1
KāmahiWeinmannia racemosa fire evidence · 1
KānukaKunzea ericoides fire evidence · 1
KarakaCorynocarpus laevigatus fire evidence · 1
KaramūCoprosma robusta fire evidence · 1
KaroPittosporum crassifolium fire evidence · 1
KauriAgathis australis fire evidence · 1
KohekoheDysoxylum spectabile fire evidence · 1
KohukohuPittosporum tenuifolium fire evidence · 1
KorokioCorokia buddleioides fire evidence · 1
KōtukutukuFuchsia excorticata fire evidence · 1
KōwhaiSophora microphylla fire evidence · 1
KumarahouPomaderris kumeraho fire evidence · 1
Lilly PillyAcmena smithii fire evidence · 1
Lombardy poplarPopulus nigra 'Italica' fire evidence · 1
MacrocarpaCupressus macrocarpa fire evidence · 1
MāhoeMelicytus ramiflorus fire evidence · 1
MakomakoAristotelia serrata fire evidence · 1
MamakuCyathea medullaris fire evidence · 1
MāmāngiCoprosma arborea fire evidence · 1
Manuka, TeatreeLeptospermum scoparium fire evidence · 1
MatagouriDiscaria toumatou fire evidence · 1
MingimingiLeucopogon fasciculatus fire evidence · 1
MiroPrumnopitys ferruginea fire evidence · 1
Mountain beechFuscospora cliffortioides fire evidence · 1
Native HopDodonaea viscosa fire evidence · 1
New Zealand ashAlectryon excelsus fire evidence · 1
NgaioMyoporum laetum fire evidence · 1
OliveOlea europaea fire evidence · 1
PōhutukawaMetrosideros excelsa fire evidence · 1
Prickly hakeaHakea sericea fire evidence · 1
PūririVitex lucens fire evidence · 1
Radiata pinePinus radiata fire evidence · 1
Red beechFuscospora fusca fire evidence · 1
Red mapouMyrsine australis fire evidence · 1
RewarewaKnightia excelsa fire evidence · 1
RimuDacrydium cupressinum fire evidence · 1
Scotch broomCytisus scoparius fire evidence · 1
Silver beechLophozonia menziesii fire evidence · 1
Silver fernCyathea dealbata fire evidence · 1
SupplejackRipogonum scandens fire evidence · 1
TaraireBeilschmiedia tarairi fire evidence · 1
TarataPittosporum eugenioides fire evidence · 1
TawaBeilschmiedia tawa fire evidence · 1
TōtaraPodocarpus totara fire evidence · 1
WhekiDicksonia squarrosa fire evidence · 1
White GumEucalyptus viminalis fire evidence · 1
White maireNestegis lanceolata fire evidence · 1

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