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Snow Heath

Woollsia pungens · Ericaceae · also called Woollsia pungens

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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.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

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 (9)
Corroboration (9 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

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

    • 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.

      Shared row context: plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Krix2019-1; sampling june to august.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.6”

          FLAMITS record 6003.

        • “time to smoke (s): 3”

          FLAMITS record 6090.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “smoke duration (s): 3.5”

          FLAMITS record 6177.

        • “burning duration (s): 5.9”

          FLAMITS record 6237.

    • “time to flaming (s): 49.69”

      FLAMITS record 9724; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Murray2013-1; sampling march to april. Primary study Murray2013: Murray, B. R., Hardstaff, L. K., & Phillips, M. L. (2013). Differences in leaf flammability, leaf traits and flammability-trait relationships between native and exotic plant species of dry sclerophyll forest. PLoS One, 8, e79205.

    • Primary study Murray2023: Murray, B. R., Hawthorne, T., Curran, T. J., Krix, D. W., Wallace, M. I., Young, K., ... & Webb, J. K. (2023). Shoot flammability patterns among plant species of the wildland–urban interface in the fire-prone Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Online early.

      Shared row context: plant part branches; fuel all; predrying yes; device grill; site Murray2023-1; sampling ND.

      • “time to flaming (s): 1”

        FLAMITS record 19465; Ignitability measurement.

      • “burning duration (s): 18.22”

        FLAMITS record 19466; Sustainability measurement.

      • “maximum flame temperature (°C): 388.66”

        FLAMITS record 19467; Combustibility measurement.

      • “estimated burnt biomass (%): 34.66”

        FLAMITS record 19468; Consumability measurement.

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

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Woollsia pungens (Woollsia pungens). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/woollsia-pungens/. Last verified 2026-08-25.