Safer gardens : plant flammability & planning for fire / Lesley Corbett.
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TextPublisher: North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scolarly Publishing, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: viii, 425 pages : tables ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922454607Other title: Plant flammability and planning for fireSubject(s): Fire resistant plants -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Fire resistant plants -- Australia | Fire resistant plants -- Tasmania | Plants -- Flammability | Fire management -- Australia | Fires -- History | Gardening -- Australia | Dwellings -- Fires and fire prevention | Forests and forestry -- Fire managementGenre/Form: Handbooks, manuals, etc. DDC classification: 632.18 Summary: "Destructive bushfires are increasing in frequency and intensity around the world. For people living in fire prone areas there are no reliable guides about which plants have low flammability and which are frighteningly flammable. 'Safer Gardens' is that guide, with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world. Readers can look up a plant in the Plant Flammability Table to get an idea of its flammability then turn to the A_Z for more detailed information."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliography (pages 383-397) and index.
"Destructive bushfires are increasing in frequency and intensity around the world. For people living in fire prone areas there are no reliable guides about which plants have low flammability and which are frighteningly flammable. 'Safer Gardens' is that guide, with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world. Readers can look up a plant in the Plant Flammability Table to get an idea of its flammability then turn to the A_Z for more detailed information."--Back cover.
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