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sweetscented joe pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
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sweetscented joe pye weed

Eupatorium purpureum · Asteraceae · all Eupatorium records · also called Joe Pye Weed

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Form
perennial
Rated in
Ohio / Midwest
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Ohio / Midwest
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
  • Firewise Landscaping (OSU Extension Bulletin 921) · Official scoped edition
    • OH; partial normalized coverage · 2006-03-01

      Ohio State University Extension Bulletin 921 is an Ohio publication that describes Ohio fire seasons and landscape conditions and labels nativity to Ohio. FireApproved publishes 352 exact source-owning plant records from its eight rated tables. This historical publication scope does not assert current extension endorsement or that a listed plant suits every Ohio site.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV.
Native range
The legacy compatibility field lists OH in native range; its field-level source was not retained.

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.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Fire-resistant perennials instead

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Arisaema triphyllum blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta cardinalflower
Lobelia cardinalis smooth Solomon's seal
Polygonatum commutatum Indianhemp
Apocynum cannabinum
Same genus in the directory · the Eupatorium group page

Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Eupatorium purpureum (Joe Pye Weed). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/eupatorium-purpureum/. Last verified 2026-08-23.