Lupine
Lupinus
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1. Fire evidence and conditions
- Fire evidence
- Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
- Fire-performance conditions
- 2 conditions stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
- Fire ecology context
- No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
- Placement evidence
- 8 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
- Evidence regions
- Colorado / Rocky Mountain Front Range; Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California; Marin County, California; Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia; Michigan / Great Lakes; Montana / Northern Rockies; Nevada / Great Basin; OR/WA/ID; Oregon; Oregon (Willamette Valley); Pacific Northwest (Oregon / Washington / Idaho); Texas; Utah / Intermountain West; southern Idaho / Intermountain; western WA
- Maintenance
- No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.
Typed publication scope: 15 scopes across 13 cited fire sources
- Ignition-Resistant Landscape Plants (Fact Sheet 6.305) · Official scoped edition
- Fire-Resistant Plants Common to Marin County · Official scoped edition
- Fire Resistance of Plants Master Database · Official scoped edition
- Firewise Plants for the Puget Sound Basin · Official scoped edition
- Firewise Landscaping Plants (Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia editions) · Official scoped edition
- Wildfire-resistant Landscape Plants for Michigan (Extension Bulletin E2948) · Official scoped edition
- Fire-Resistant Plants for Montana Landscapes (MontGuide MT200101AG) · Official scoped edition
- Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity (Ed. Bulletin 06-01) · Official scoped edition
- Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley (EM 9103) · Official scoped edition
- Fire-Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes (PNW 590) · Official scoped edition
- Firewise Landscaping in Texas: The Right Plant for the Right Place · Official scoped edition
- A Compilation of Good Plant Choices for Nevada's High Fire Hazard Areas (SP-05-16) · Official scoped edition
- Firewise Plants for Utah Landscapes (NR/FF/002) · Official scoped edition
2. Why this plant is relevant here
- State distribution
- Documented in ID, OR, WA.
- Native range
- No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
- Introduced / established
- No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
- USDA hardiness
- Documented range 4–6.
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
- Legal-list status
- Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
- Seed-list status
- Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
- Reported invasive here
- No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
- Broader regional context
- Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
- Federal context
- Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.
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.
- Form
- perennial
- USDA hardiness
- 4–6
- Grows in
- ID, OR, WA
- Rated in
- Colorado / Rocky Mountain Front Range; Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California; Marin County, California; Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia +11
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Evidence
- 15 cited sources
Plant hardiness evidence
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Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley (EM 9103)
4–6 explicit range
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Fire-Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes (PNW 590)
4–6 explicit range
Conditions in the fire evidence
Where its sources say to plant it
- Fire Resistance of Plants Master Database: plantable at 30' from home
- Firewise Landscaping in Texas: The Right Plant for the Ri…: 10 feet to 30 feet
- Fire-Resistant Plants for Oregon Home Landscapes: Oregon
- Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley: Lupine profile (PDF page 64)
- Fire-resistant plant profile galleries: Lupine — Lupinus spp.
- Ignition-Resistant Landscape Plants: suitable for defensible-space zones 1-2 (score 8+)
- Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity: Fire Hazard column: low
- Firewise Landscaping Plants: Herbaceous Annuals and Perennials
The evidence
Recommends (15)
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Fire-Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes (PNW 590)
“listed fire-resistant”
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Fire Resistance of Plants Master Database
“fire-resistance score 8 of 10”
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Fire-Resistant Plants Common to Marin County
“listed as fire-resistant”
Fire Safe Marin lists this taxon among fire-resistant plants common to Marin County.
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A Compilation of Good Plant Choices for Nevada's High Fire Hazard Areas (SP-05-16)
“listed by at least two cited sources”
Compilation marks: CSU 6.305, UI Bulletin 67, MT200101AG, OSU FRN 6, USU NR/FF/002.
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Firewise Plants for Utah Landscapes (NR/FF/002)
“listed as a firewise plant for Utah landscapes”
Source says the plant can be firewise when properly used and maintained. The source marks this row as potentially weedy or legally restricted. Source table name: Lupinus species & hybrids.
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Fire-Resistant Plants for Montana Landscapes (MontGuide MT200101AG)
“listed fire-resistant”
Listed among fire-resistant plant species adapted to Montana.
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Firewise Plants for the Puget Sound Basin
“Fire-resistant Landscape Plants”
Listed in the source's Perennials table as Lupinus spp. (Lupine).
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Firewise Landscaping in Texas: The Right Plant for the Right Place
“acceptable fire-resistant plants”
Listed as Bluebonnet under “10 feet to 30 feet” in the source's fire-resistant plant examples.
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Wildfire-resistant Landscape Plants for Michigan (Extension Bulletin E2948)
“considered wildfire-resistant and are recommended for Michigan’s climate”
Table 1 row: Lupinus spp. (Lupine).
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Fire-Resistant Plants for Oregon Home Landscapes
“Fire-Resistant Plant Materials for Oregon”
Lupinus species (Lupine) is listed under “Perennials 18 inches or taller”. The guide says most listed plants require some irrigation during Oregon's dry summer months and must be maintained in a healthy condition.
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Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley (EM 9103)
“fire-resistant plants that thrive in Willamette Valley growing conditions”
The perennials profile lists Lupinus spp. as Lupine. The profile prints USDA Hardiness Zone: 4–6.
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Fire-resistant plant profile galleries
“Choose the right perennial plants for your fire-resistant landscape”
The Lupine profile prints Lupinus varieties. The gallery points to PNW 590 for complete details.
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Ignition-Resistant Landscape Plants (Fact Sheet 6.305)
“ignitability score 8 of 10”
CSU 6.305 table lists Lupinus spp. (lupine) with the preserved ignitability score.
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Home Landscaping Guide for Lake Tahoe and Vicinity (Ed. Bulletin 06-01)
“low — Lupine — Lupinus spp.”
Table 1's Fire Hazard column prints “low” for this taxon. The guide calls the rating a rough estimate of potential flammability, not a result of scientific trials. Its footnote says plants that turn brown often become high fire hazards and tells readers to mow grasses and forbs when they begin to turn brown.
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Firewise Landscaping Plants (Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia editions)
“relatively resistant to fire”
Listed as Lupinus spp. (Lupine). The source says listed species exhibit stronger resistance to ignition by wildfires. Source comments: Plants are poisonous. Lupinus perennis is native, other varieties are cultivated. Prefers full sun and dry soil