California poppy
Eschscholzia mexicana
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- perennial
- Rated in
- California
United States / Grow / California poppy
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
- 1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
- Evidence regions
- California
- Maintenance
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT.
- Native range
- Introduced / established
- 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.
Where its sources say to plant it
- Defensible Space Landscaping in the Urban/Wildland Interf…: Chapter 4, Landscape Vegetation Database
The evidence
Recommends (1)
Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
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“RECOMMENDED by 7 references for use in high fire risk areas.”
1997 Landscape Vegetation Database row: Eschscholzia mexicana (Mexican golden poppy). Preserved UCFPL transcription marker: F7.
