Puerto Rico plant table
For Firewise committees in Puerto Rico. Keep-away is the full cited list and is not filtered by range, because a missing occurrence record is missing evidence rather than proof a plant will not turn up here. It includes plants explicitly flagged in PR and plants on a cited federal regulatory list. The fire-resistant list is narrowed to plants with a cited range record in Puerto Rico. Zone 0 is not a planting zone. Sourced. Not fireproof. Not an HOA stamp.
Keep away (378)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| Adenocarpus | Adenocarpus |
| African boxthorn | Lycium ferocissimum |
| African-lily | Agapanthus praecox |
| Alabama supplejack | Berchemia scandens |
| alderleaf mountain mahogany | Cercocarpus montanus |
| aleppo pine | Pinus halepensis |
| Alnus mandshurica | Alnus mandshurica |
| American devilwood | Osmanthus americanus |
| American holly | Ilex opaca |
| American wisteria | Wisteria frutescens |
| Amur peppervine | Ampelopsis brevipedunculata |
| Anarthrophyllum rigidum | Anarthrophyllum rigidum |
| angel's-trumpet | Brugmansia x candida |
| animated oat | Avena sterilis |
| apple blossom | Cassia javanica |
| arar tree | Tetraclinis articulata |
| arborvitae | Thuja sp. |
| Arizona pine | Pinus arizonica |
| Ash Quandong | Elaeocarpus reticulatus |
| Asparagus albus | Asparagus albus |
| Atlantic white cedar | Chamaecyparis thyoides |
| austral bracken | Pteridium esculentum |
| Australian cheesewood | Pittosporum undulatum |
| Australian-teak | Flindersia australis |
| Austrian pine | Pinus nigra |
| autumn olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
| bald cypress | Taxodium ascendens |
| balsam fir | Abies balsamea |
| bamboo | Phyllostachys spp. |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys reticulata |
| basin wildrye | Leymus cinereus |
| bayberry | Morella |
| Beale's barberry | Mahonia bealei |
| bear oak | Quercus illicifolia |
| Berberis oiwakensis | Berberis oiwakensis |
| Bhutan pine | Pinus wallichiana |
| big sagebrush | Artemisia tridentata |
| bittersweet | Celastrus spp. |
| black huckleberry | Gaylussacia baccata |
| black peppermint | Eucalyptus amygdalina |
| blackwood | Acacia melanoxylon |
| Blue Douglas-Fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii v. glauca |
| blue sage | Salvia pachyphylla |
| blue spruce | Picea pungens |
| bluegrass | Poa sp. |
| bluehead gilia | Gilia capitata |
| bottlebrush | Callistemon rigidus |
| brackenfern | Pteridium |
| briar root | Erica arborea |
| bridal broom | Retama |
| bristlecone fir | Abies bracteata |
| broom | Cytisus sp. |
| broom | Genista |
| broom | Pterospartum |
| broom teatree | Leptospermum scoparium |
| Bunge's pine | Pinus bungeana |
| burgan | Kunzea ericoides |
| bushy bluestem | Andropogon glomeratus |
| bushy needlewood | Hakea sericea |
| Buxus hybrids | Buxus hybrids |
| cade juniper | Juniperus oxycedrus |
| Calamagrostis x acutifolia | Calamagrostis x acutifolia |
| California fan palm | Washingtonia filifera |
| California red fir | Abies magnifica |
| Calycotome intermedia | Calycotome intermedia |
| Camden woollybutt | Eucalyptus Macarthuri |
| camphortree | Cinnamomum camphora |
| Canary creeper | Senecio tamoides |
| Canary Island date palm | Phoenix canariensis |
| Cape-ivy | Delairea odorata |
| Capeweed | Arctotheca calendula |
| Carolina hemlock | Tsuga caroliniana |
| Carolina vetch | Vicia caroliniana |
| castor aralia | Kalopanax pictus |
| Catawba rosebay | Rhododendron catawbiense |
| Caucasian alder | Alnus subcordata |
| Caucasian Spruce | Picea orientalis |
| cedar | Chamaecyparis sp. |
| Cedar | Libocedrus bidwillii |
| celery pine | Phyllocladus alpinus |
| cheesewood | Pittosporum spp. |
| Cherry Ballart | Exocarpos cupressiformis |
| Chilean Acorn | Cryptocarya alba |
| Chinese fir | Cunninghamia lanceolata |
| Chinese golden-larch | Pseudolarix kaempferi |
| Chinese holly | Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' |
| Chinese juniper | Juniperus chinensis |
| Chinese pinenut | Pinus koraiensis |
| Chinese silvergrass | Miscanthus sinensis |
| Chinese Trumpet Vine | Campsis grandiflora |
| Chino Bamboo | Pleioblastus argenteostriatus |
| chocolate vine | Akebia quinata |
| coast banksia | Banksia integrifolia |
| coastal doghobble | Leucothoe axillaris |
| coastal sagebrush | Artemisia californica |
| cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica |
| Colenso's mingimingi | Leucopogon colensoi |
| common bamboo | Bambusa vulgaris |
| Common Broom | Carmichaelia australis |
| common gorse | Ulex europaeus |
| common juniper | Juniperus communis |
| common reed | Phragmites australis |
| common viper's bugloss | Echium vulgare |
| cork oak | Quercus suber |
| cotoneaster | Cotoneaster salicifolia |
| crackopen | Casearia sylvestris |
| creeping juniper | Juniperus horizontalis |
| Creeping Juniper | Juniperus procumbens |
| crossvine | Bignonia capreolata |
| cutting grass | Gahnia grandis |
| cypress | Cupressus sp. |
| Cyprus cedar | Cedrus libani |
| Darlington oak | Quercus hemisphaerica |
| dawn redwood | Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
| deergrass | Muhlenbergia rigens |
| Deodar cedar | Cedrus deodara |
| desert needlegrass | Pappostipa speciosa |
| devil's darning needles | Clematis virginiana |
| Douglas-fir | Pseudotsuga menziesii |
| Dracophyllum acerosum | Dracophyllum acerosum |
| Dracophyllum densum | Dracophyllum densum |
| Dracophyllum filifolium | Dracophyllum filifolium |
| Dracophyllum kirkii | Dracophyllum kirkii |
| Dracophyllum marmoricola | Dracophyllum marmoricola |
| Dracophyllum oliveri | Dracophyllum oliveri |
| Dracophyllum pronum | Dracophyllum pronum |
| Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium | Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium |
| Dracophyllum trimorphum | Dracophyllum trimorphum |
| eastern baccharis | Baccharis halimifolia |
| eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
| eastern poison ivy | Toxicodendron radicans |
| eastern redcedar | Juniperus virginiana |
| eastern white pine | Pinus strobus |
| Echinolaena inflexa | Echinolaena inflexa |
| Elymus arenarius | Elymus arenarius |
| English holly | Ilex aquifolium |
| Epilobium melanocaulon | Epilobium melanocaulon |
| esparto | Stipa tenacissima |
| European beachgrass | Calamagrostis arenaria |
| European larch | Larix decidua |
| evening trumpetflower | Gelsemium sempervirens |
| false sun-rose | Halimium |
| fir | Abies sp. |
| five-needle pine | Pinus parviflora |
| flatsedge | Cyperus spp. |
| Florida nutmeg | Torreya taxifolia |
| Formosa Azalea | Rhododendron simsii |
| fountaingrass | Pennisetum spp. |
| Fox tail agave | Agave attenuata |
| fragrant clematis | Clematis flammula |
| Fraser fir | Abies fraseri |
| Fraser's photinia | Photinia x fraseri |
| French lavender | Lavandula stoechas |
| garden thyme | Thymus vulgaris |
| garland spiraea | Spiraea x arguta |
| garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| Genista scorpius | Genista scorpius |
| giant cane | Arundinaria gigantea |
| giant reed | Arundo donax |
| giant sequoia | Sequoiadendron sp. |
| giant sequoia | Sequoiadendron giganteum |
| Globularia alypum | Globularia alypum |
| golden bamboo | Phyllostachys aurea |
| golden speargrass | Aciphylla aurea |
| gorse | Ulex |
| gray ironbark | Eucalyptus paniculata |
| green heather | Erica scoparia |
| Green Olive Tree | Phyllirea latifolia |
| greenbrier | Smilax spp. |
| Grevillea x Poorinda | Grevillea x Poorinda |
| gum | Eucalyptus spp. |
| gum arabic tree | Vachellia nilotica |
| Gumland Grass Tree | Dracophyllum sinclairii |
| Gundigger's Soap | Pomaderris kumeraho |
| hard treefern | Dicksonia squarrosa |
| Hard Tussock | Festuca novae-zelandiae |
| Harrington's Plum Yew | Cephalotaxus harringtonii |
| heath | Erica sp. |
| heather | Calluna vulgaris |
| hemlock | Tsuga sp. |
| highland doghobble | Leucothoe fontanesiana |
| Himalayan blackberry | Rubus armeniacus |
| Himalayan honeysuckle | Leycesteria formosa |
| holly | Ilex sp. |
| Hop Wattle | Acacia stricta |
| incense cedar | Calocedrus decurrens |
| India-hawthorn | Raphiolepis indica |
| Indian ricegrass | Achnatherum hymenoides |
| Indiangrass | Sorghastrum nutans |
| inkberry | Ilex glabra |
| Italian cypress | Cupressus sempervirens and related cypress |
| Italian stone pine | Pinus pinea |
| Japanese black pine | Pinus thunbergiana |
| Japanese cedar | Cryptomeria japonica |
| Japanese honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica |
| Japanese jasmine | Jasminum mesnyi |
| Japanese knotweed | Polygonum japonicum (Fallopia japonica) |
| Japanese red pine | Pinus densiflora |
| Japanese Skimmia | Skimmia japonica |
| Japanese spindletree | Euonymus japonicus |
| Japanese torreya | Torreya nucifera |
| Japanese wisteria | Wisteria floribunda |
| Jeffrey pine | Pinus jeffreyi |
| Johnsongrass | Sorghum halepense |
| juniper | Juniperus spp. |
| Kermes Oak | Quercus coccifera |
| kiwi | Actinidia deliciosa |
| Korokio | Corokia buddleioides |
| kudzu | Pueraria montana |
| kuma bamboo grass | Sasa veitchii |
| Kunzea robusta | Kunzea robusta |
| lantana | Lantana camara |
| leather flower | Clematis sp. |
| leatherleaf | Chamaedaphne calyculata |
| leatherleaf arrowwood | Viburnum rhytidophyllum |
| Leatherwood | Macrolearia colensoi |
| Leyland Cypress | X Cupressocyparis leylandii |
| little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium |
| littleleaf boxwood | Buxus microphylla var. koreana |
| live oak | Quercus virginiana |
| loblolly pine | Pinus taeda |
| long mat-rush | Lomandra longifolia |
| longleaf pine | Pinus palustris |
| Madagascar ragwort | Senecio madagascariensis |
| Malabar melastome | Melastoma malabathricum |
| manna gum | Eucalyptus viminalis |
| manzanita | Arctostaphylos sp. |
| manzanita | Arctostaphylos x coloradensis |
| maritime pine | Pinus pinaster |
| Matricaria tchihatchewii | Matricaria tchihatchewii |
| Mediterranean False-brome | Brachypodium ramosum |
| Mediterranean Phagnalon | Phagnalon saxatile |
| messmate | Eucalyptus obliqua |
| Mexican weeping pine | Pinus patula |
| Mingimingi | Leptecophylla juniperina |
| mongolian oak | Quercus mongolica |
| Monoao | Dracophyllum subulatum |
| Monterey pine | Pinus radiata |
| Montpelier cistus | Cistus monspelliensis |
| mountain fetterbush | Pieris floribunda |
| mountain laurel | Kalmia latifolia |
| mountain pine | Pinus uncinata |
| Mountain Snowberry | Gaultheria depressa |
| mourning-cypress | Cupressus funebris |
| mugo pine | Pinus mugo |
| muhly | Muhlenbergia spp. |
| myrtle | Myrtus communis |
| Narrow Leaved Snow Tussock | Chionochloa rigida |
| narrow-leaf paperbark | Melaleuca alternifolia |
| Narrow-leaved mock privet | Phillyrea angustifolia |
| narrow-leaved snow tussock | Chionochloa macra |
| Nassauvia axillaris | Nassauvia axillaris |
| needle and thread | Hesperostipa comata |
| Needle-leaved Neinei | Dracophyllum latifolium |
| Nestegis lanceolata | Nestegis lanceolata |
| New Zealand red pine | Dacrydium cupressinum |
| northern mountain cranberry | Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| Norway spruce | Picea abies |
| olive | Olea europaea |
| oneseed juniper | Juniperus monosperma |
| Oriental arborvitae | Platycladus orientalis |
| Oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculata |
| Osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus | Osmanthus fragrans aurantiacus |
| Oyster Bay Pine | Callitris rhomboidea |
| Ozothamnus vauvilliersii | Ozothamnus vauvilliersii |
| paper mulberry | Broussonetia papyrifera |
| papyrus | Cyperus papyrus |
| peppervine | Ampelopsis arborea |
| Picea bicolor | Picea bicolor |
| pine | Pinus sp. |
| Pineapple Scrub | Dracophyllum menziesii |
| pineland threeawn | Aristida stricta |
| Pink Pine | Halocarpus biformis |
| pipevine | Aristolochia macrophylla |
| pitch pine | Pinus rigida |
| Piute cypress | Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica |
| Piute cypress | Cupressus glabra 'Carolina Safire' |
| ponderosa pine | Pinus ponderosa |
| Porcupine Shrub | Melicytus alpinus |
| Port Orford cedar | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana |
| prickly Moses | Acacia verticillata |
| Prosopis denudans | Prosopis denudans |
| Prosopis torquata | Prosopis torquata |
| punktree | Melaleuca quinquenervia |
| purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria |
| purple threeawn | Aristida purpurea |
| ravennagrass | Erianthus ravennae |
| red pine | Pinus resinosa |
| red spruce | Picea rubens |
| red tussock grass | Chionochloa rubra |
| redwood | Sequoia sp. |
| redwood | Sequoia sempervirens |
| reed canarygrass | Phlaris arundinacea |
| reedgrass | Calamagrostis spp. |
| Reeve's spiraea | Spiraea catoniensis |
| river redgum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
| river sheoak | Allocasuarina cunninghamiana |
| rockrose | Cistus spp. |
| Rocky Mountain juniper | Juniperus scopulorum |
| rosemary grevillea | Grevillea rosmarinifolia |
| Rough-barked Angophora | Angophora floribunda |
| royal palm | Roystonea spp. |
| rubber rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus nauseosus |
| ruscus-leaf bamboo | Shibataea kumasasa |
| rusty staggerbush | Lyonia ferruginea |
| sacred bamboo | Nandina domestica |
| sage | Rosmarinus |
| Sasanqua camellia | Camellia sasanqua |
| saw palmetto | Serenoa repens |
| scarlet gilia | Gilia aggregata |
| Scots pine | Pinus sylvestris |
| Senegal date palm | Phoenix reclinata |
| Serenoa | Serenoa |
| shameplant | Mimosa pudica |
| sheep laurel | Kalmia angustifolia |
| shortleaf pine | Pinus echinata |
| shrubby blackberry | Rubus fruticosus agg. |
| Siberian Cypress | Microbiota decussata |
| silkoak | Grevillea robusta |
| silver banksia | Banksia marginata |
| silver beech | Lophozonia menziesii |
| silver tussock | Poa cita |
| silver wattle | Acacia dealbata |
| silvergrass | Miscanthus spp. |
| sixweeks threeawn | Aristida adscensionis |
| slash pine | Pinus elliottii |
| Small-flowered Gorse | Ulex parviflorus |
| southern magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora |
| Spanish broom | Spartium junceum |
| spindletree | Euonymus sp. |
| splitbeard bluestem | Andropogon ternarius |
| spreading snakeroot | Ageratina riparia |
| spruce | Picea sp. |
| Stauracanthus | Stauracanthus |
| sticky snakeroot | Ageratina adenophora |
| strawflower | Helichrysum |
| swamp doghobble | Leucothoe racemosa |
| Swamp Neinei | Dracophyllum palustre |
| sweet bay | Laurus nobilis |
| sweet osmanthus | Osmanthus fragrans |
| Swiss stone pine | Pinus cembra |
| switchgrass | Panicum virgatum |
| sycamore maple | Acer pseudoplatanus |
| Syringa oblata | Syringa oblata |
| Table Mountain pine | Pinus pungens |
| tarovine | Monstera deliciosa |
| Tarwood | Halocarpus bidwillii |
| Tasmanian bluegum | Eucalyptus globulus |
| Tasmannia lanceolata | Tasmannia lanceolata |
| temple juniper | Juniperus conferta |
| thatching grass | Hyparrhenia hirta |
| Three Kings Titoki | Alectryon excelsus |
| tree of heaven | Ailanthus altissima |
| tree tobacco | Nicotiana glauca |
| tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia caespitosa |
| turkey tangle fogfruit | Lippia nodiflora |
| unarmed elmleaf blackberry | Rubus ulmifolius |
| Uruguayan pampas grass | Cortaderia selloana |
| variable sword-sedge | Lepidosperma laterale |
| vervain | Verbena spp. |
| Virginia pine | Pinus virginiana |
| Washington fan palm | Washingtonia robusta |
| wattle | Acacia spp. |
| wax myrtle | Morella cerifera |
| white fir | Abies concolor |
| White gum | Eucalyptus dalrympleana |
| white hedgenettle | Prasium majus |
| White Peppermint | Eucalyptus pulchella |
| white spruce | Picea glauca |
| wild clary | Salvia verbenaca |
| winter daphne | Daphne odora |
| woodvamp | Decumaria barbara |
| Woolly Tea-Tree | Leptospermum lanigerum |
| yaupon | Ilex vomitoria |
| yellow rabbitbrush | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus |
| Yellow Spring bedstraw | Galium verum |
| yew | Taxus sp. |
| yew plum pine | Podocarpus macrophyllus |
Rated fire-resistant and documented in Puerto Rico (57)
groundcover (2)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| Dakota mock vervain | Glandularia bipinnatifida |
| ivyleaf geranium | Pelargonium peltatum |
perennial (12)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| alfalfa | Medicago sativa |
| batwing fern | Histiopteris incisa |
| cayenne pepper | Capsicum annum var. fasciculatum |
| chicory | Cichorium intybus |
| common plantain | Plantago major |
| common sunflower | Helianthus annuus |
| curly dock | Rumex crispus |
| eggplant | Solanum melongera |
| narrowleaf plantain | Plantago lanceolata |
| red clover | Trifolium pratense |
| sweet basil | Ocimum basilicum |
| sweetpea | Lathyrus odoratus |
shrub (9)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| American black elderberry | Sambucus canadensis |
| California privet | Ligustrum ovalifolium |
| coontie | Zamia pumila |
| golden dewdrops | Duranta repens |
| lilac chastetree | Vitex agnus-castus |
| night jessamine | Cestrum nocturnum |
| orange eye butterflybush | Buddleja davidii |
| pomegranate | Punica granatum |
| shoeblackplant | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
vine (8)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| Cape honeysuckle | Bignonia capensis |
| Cape leadwort | Plumbago capensis |
| paperflower | Bougainvillea glabra |
| poet's jasmine | Jasminum grandiflora |
| poet's jasmine | Jasminum officinale |
| watermelon | Citrullus lanatus |
| wine grape | Vitis vinifera |
| Zimbabwe creeper | Podranea ricasoliana |
grass (8)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| barnyardgrass | Echinochloa crus-galli |
| hairy crabgrass | Digitaria sanguinalis |
| Kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis |
| Korean lawngrass | Zoysia japonica |
| Nepalese browntop | Microstegium vimineum |
| orchardgrass | Dactylis glomerata |
| perennial ryegrass | Lolium perenne |
| sugarcane | Saccharum officinarum |
tree (18)
| Common name | Scientific |
|---|---|
| avocado | Persea americana |
| black mulberry | Morus nigra |
| black poui | Jacaranda mimosifolia |
| Brazilian peppertree | Schinus terebinthifolius |
| Chinaberrytree | Melia azedarach |
| Chinese banyan | Ficus nitida |
| crapemyrtle | Lagerstroemia indica |
| French tamarisk | Tamarix gallica |
| green wattle | Acacia decurrens |
| hedge cactus | Cereus hildmannianus |
| Japanese privet | Ligustrum japonicum |
| Peruvian peppertree | Schinus molle |
| sago palm | Cycas revoluta |
| silk-floss tree | Chorisia speciosa |
| strawberry guava | Psidium cattleianum |
| Surinam cherry | Eugenia uniflora |
| sweet orange | Citrus sinensis |
| tangerine | Citrus nobilis |
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