United States / Grow / creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
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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.
These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.
Current native
exact source areas
Current introduced
exact source areas
Qualified
doubtful or extinct source rows
USDA PLANTS Database — Plant Characteristics
Minimum 3a · no upper limit documented
Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity (Ed. Bulletin 06-01)
“low — Bentgrass, creeping — Agrostis stolonifera”
Table 1's Fire Hazard column prints “low” for this taxon. The guide calls the rating a rough estimate of potential flammability, not a result of scientific trials. Its footnote says plants that turn brown often become high fire hazards and tells readers to mow grasses and forbs when they begin to turn brown. The turfgrass note says the low rating depends on consistent irrigation and mowing.
