creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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- Form
- shrub
- Rated in
- Yavapai County, Arizona
United States / Grow / creosote bush
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
- Evidence regions
- Yavapai County, Arizona
- 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
- Current cited native range in AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT.
- 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.
Native and introduced range evidence
These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.
Current native
6
exact source areas
Current introduced
0
exact source areas
Qualified
0
doubtful or extinct source rows
6 native source areas
- Arizona (AZ)
- California (CA)
- New Mexico (NM)
- Nevada (NV)
- Texas (TX)
- Utah (UT)
The evidence
Avoids (1)
Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)
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Fire-Resistant and Fire-Prone Plants Common to Yavapai County (Bulletin 34)
“Fire-Prone Plants”
Listed as Creosote Bush — Larrea tridentata. The bulletin says fire-resistant plants tend to resist ignition when irrigated and maintained, while fire-prone plants may ignite readily and burn intensely.
