big saltbush
Atriplex lentiformis
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- Form
- shrub
- Rated in
- California; Global
United States / Grow / big saltbush
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- 2 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
- Evidence regions
- California; Global
- Maintenance
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in CA.
- Native range
- Current cited native range in AZ, CA, NV, TX, UT.
- Introduced / established
- 2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
- USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
- Legal-list status
- Seed-list status
- Reported invasive here
- Broader regional context
- Federal context
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.
Native and introduced range evidence
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
5
exact source areas
Current introduced
1
exact source area
Qualified
0
doubtful or extinct source rows
5 native source areas
- Arizona (AZ)
- California (CA)
- Nevada (NV)
- Texas (TX)
- Utah (UT)
1 introduced source area
- Hawaii (HI)
Where its sources say to plant it
- Low-volume and slow-burning vegetation for planting on cl…: Table 5: Plants not considered suitable for use to reduce fire hazards
- Fire Performance of Common Plants: Table 1 (favorable in 3 or more references)
The evidence
Recommends (1)
Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
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Fire Performance of Common Plants (Guide to Plants)
“Table 1: favorable fire performance rating in 3 or more references (refs 5,11,19)”
The Diablo Firesafe Council Guide to Plants lists Atriplex lentiformis breweri (Saltbush) as shrub, deciduous, in Table 1: plants with a favorable fire performance rating in 3 or more references. The guide cites 3 of its 57 numbered references for this row (5,11,19). The guide states the ranking terms in its underlying references were mostly undefined and makes no attempt to rank within the list, and that fire performance is compromised without maintenance.
Listed without a rating (2)
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Low-volume and slow-burning vegetation for planting on clearings in California chaparral
“Plants not considered suitable for use to reduce fire hazards”
Atriplex lentiformis: Large shrub with high fuel volume.
Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
“time to flaming (s): 2.2”
FLAMITS record 18316; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device muffle furnace; site Montgomery1969-1; sampling fall 1967. Primary study Montgomery1969: Montgomery, K. R., & Cheo, P. C. (1969). Moisture and salt effects on fire retardance in plants. American Journal of Botany, 56, 10281032.
