cow itch tree
Lagunaria patersoni
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- shrub
- Rated in
- Victoria, Australia
United States / Grow / cow itch tree
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- Fire ecology context
- Placement evidence
- Evidence regions
- Victoria, Australia
- Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in CA.
- Native range
- Introduced / established
- 1 sourced range or established record. 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.
The evidence
Recommends (1)
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Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants
“fire-retardant (resists the first flame wave, may burn once dried)”