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Ligustrum x vicaryi (Ligustrum x vicaryi)
Photo: (c) Clive Freedman, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

Ligustrum x vicaryi

Ligustrum x vicaryi (accepted: Ligustrum vicaryi) · Oleaceae · all Ligustrum records · also called Golden Vicary Privet

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Ohio / Midwest; Virginia / Mid-Atlantic
Uses
hedge, specimen
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Ohio / Midwest; Virginia / Mid-Atlantic
Typed publication scope: 2 scopes across 2 cited fire sources
  • 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.

  • Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300) · Official scoped edition
    • VA; partial normalized coverage · 2009-04-15

      Virginia Cooperative Extension's publication opens with Virginia wildfire conditions, identifies its Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force, and labels plants native to Virginia. FireApproved publishes 306 exact source owners. Publication scope does not establish parcel suitability or current endorsement of this archived 2009 list.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in OH.

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 (2)

Fire-resistant shrubs instead

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

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Ligustrum x vicaryi (Golden Vicary Privet). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/ligustrum-vicaryi/. Last verified 2026-08-23.