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Deerbrushes
Most rated Ceanothus records are fire-resistant — 6 of 20 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 20 records carrying 121 evidence rows from 39 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Deerbrush Ceanothus sp. Documented conflict Disputed 28 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Fire-resistant
6 species
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New Jersey tea Fire-resistant Ceanothus americanus - Carmel creeper or ceanothus Fire-resistant Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis
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Mahala mat Fire-resistant Ceanothus prostratus -
Point Reyes ceanothus Fire-resistant Ceanothus gloriosus - California lilac Fire-resistant Ceanothus x pallidus
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Ceanothus Fire-resistant Ceanothus ovatus
Awaiting evidence
13 species
Scroll for all 13 ↓- Ceanothus crassifolius Awaiting evidence Ceanothus crassifolius
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buckbush, Fendler’s ceanothus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus fendleri - Ceanothus leucodermis Awaiting evidence Ceanothus leucodermis
- Ceanothus pauciflorus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus pauciflorus
- Blueblossom Awaiting evidence Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
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California lilac Awaiting evidence Ceanothus impressus - Carmel creeper Awaiting evidence Ceanothus griseus
- Ceanothus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus x delilianus
- Maritimus ceanothus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus maritimus
- Mason's ceanothus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus masonii
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Pacific Blue Awaiting evidence Ceanothus papillosus -
Redstem Ceanothus Awaiting evidence Ceanothus sanguineus - Tobacco brush or Snowbrush Awaiting evidence Ceanothus velutinus
About deerbrushes
Corpus context. Ceanothus is the directory's #14 largest of 550 genus groups: 20 records carrying 121 evidence rows from 39 cited sources, recorded as shrub, groundcover , hardy across USDA zones 4–10. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Ceanothus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.