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Drosanthemum · Aizoaceae · all Drosanthemum records · also called Ice plants · Wikipedia

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Form
succulent
Rated in
Southern California
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Southern California

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.

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Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
  • Living More Safely in the Chaparral-Urban Interface — USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Klaus W. H. Radtke) · General Technical Report PSW-67 · original source Corroboration Compilation lineage: la-arboretum-tree

    “Generally high — Ice plants (Drosanthemum species)”

    Table 5 rates this low-growing southern California landscape entry by fuel volume, inherent plant flammability, and ease of fire spread.

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