{"id":"phlox","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"scientificName":"Phlox spp.","commonNames":["Phlox"],"taxonRank":"genus","acceptedName":"Phlox","family":"Polemoniaceae","ids":{"usdaSymbol":"PHLOX","gbifKey":2927698,"itisTsn":30897,"wikidataQid":"Q652016","inatTaxonId":52152},"states":["GA","OH"],"nativeStates":["OH"],"plantForm":"perennial","photo":{"file":"/images/plants/phlox.jpg","sourceUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/158812057","observationUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95648554","license":"cc-by","attribution":"(c) Tom Scavo, some rights reserved (CC BY)","fetchedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},"evidence":[{"source":"osu-b921","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"L flammability","claims":"Variably tolerant of shade; variable disease tolerance.","edition":"2006","url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20070714035936/http://www.firewise.org/usa/files/ohio_plantlist.pdf","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"lsu-hammond","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"recommended for firewise landscaping in Louisiana","edition":"c. 2005-2010","url":"https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/research_stations/hammond/features/research-updates/firewise-landscaping","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"tamfs-firewise-landscaping-in-texas","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"acceptable fire-resistant plants","claims":"Listed as Phlox under “Acceptable in first 10 feet” in the source's fire-resistant plant examples.","sourcePlacement":{"value":"Acceptable in first 10 feet","scheme":"tamfs-defensible-space"},"edition":"2012","url":"https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EDITED202012firelandscape.pdf","documentDate":"2012-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"osu-em-9103","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"fire-resistant plants that thrive in Willamette Valley growing conditions","claims":"The perennials profile lists Phlox spp. as Phlox. The profile prints USDA Hardiness Zone: Varies by species.","plantPart":"whole-plant","sourcePlacement":{"value":"Phlox profile (PDF page 77)","scheme":"osu-em-9103-profile"},"edition":"EM 9103, February 2015","url":"https://www.canbyfire.org/files/074d2a9e3/Fire-Resistant-Plants_Willamette-Valley.pdf","documentDate":"2015-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"uga-firescaping-georgia","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"can grow in this area if carefully maintained and limited in quantity","claims":"The Immediate Zone paragraph names Phlox spp. among “annual or perennial herbaceous plants”.","sourcePlacement":{"value":"Immediate Zone (0–5 feet from structure)","scheme":"uga-firescaping-zones"},"edition":"WSFNR-20-96A","url":"https://bugwoodcloud.org/resource/files/18516.pdf","documentDate":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"}],"flammabilityClass":"fire-resistant","ratingReason":"consensus","recommendation":"on-list","author":"grayson-graham","reviewStatus":"draft","lastVerified":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","reviewNotes":"Photo auto-selected (top-voted iNat); human review pending."},"localAssessmentInputs":{"stateDistribution":["GA","OH"],"nativeStates":["OH"],"rangeAssertions":[{"relation":"native","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["OH"]},"provenance":"legacy-field"},{"relation":"documented-occurrence","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["GA","OH"]},"provenance":"legacy-field"}],"usdaZoneMin":null,"usdaZoneMax":null,"hardinessAssertions":[],"hardinessSelection":{"status":"none","assertions":[]},"invasiveIn":[],"statusAssertions":[],"fireEvidenceClass":"fire-resistant","recommendation":"on-list","fireSourceScopes":[{"source":"lsu-hammond","sourceName":"Firewise Landscaping (Hammond Research Station)","sourceUrl":"https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/research_stations/hammond/features/research-updates/firewise-landscaping","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["LA"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"LSU AgCenter calls these 31 ornamentals commonly used in Louisiana and recommended for Louisiana firewise landscaping efforts. FireApproved publishes 31 exact source owners, mostly at the source's genus grain. Undocumented curation remains corroborative and is not site suitability.","sourceVersion":"LSU-Hammond-Firewise-Landscaping-2008-12-02","asOf":"2008-12-02T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"osu-b921","sourceName":"Firewise Landscaping (OSU Extension Bulletin 921)","sourceUrl":"http://web.archive.org/web/20070714035936/http://www.firewise.org/usa/files/ohio_plantlist.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["OH"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"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.","sourceVersion":"OSU-Extension-Bulletin-921-2006","asOf":"2006-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"osu-em-9103","sourceName":"Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley (EM 9103)","sourceUrl":"https://www.canbyfire.org/files/074d2a9e3/Fire-Resistant-Plants_Willamette-Valley.pdf","geography":{"grain":"aggregate-region","stateCodes":["OR"],"regions":["Willamette Valley"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"OSU Extension says EM 9103 highlights fire-resistant plants that thrive under Willamette Valley growing conditions. FireApproved publishes 172 exact owners only as valley context. The guide shares the PNW 590 lineage and is not a second independent vote or statewide site clearance.","sourceVersion":"OSU-EM-9103-2015-02","asOf":"2015-02-01T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"tamfs-firewise-landscaping-in-texas","sourceName":"Firewise Landscaping in Texas: The Right Plant for the Right Place","sourceUrl":"https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EDITED202012firelandscape.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["TX"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"Texas A&M Forest Service says the guide's landscape elements apply across Texas and at all scales. FireApproved publishes ten exact genus owners from its placement-band examples and holds Primrose and Bluebells rather than guessing taxa. The examples are not a complete Texas plant palette.","sourceVersion":"Texas-AM-Forest-Service-Firewise-Landscaping-2012-10-08","asOf":"2012-10-08T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"uga-firescaping-georgia","sourceName":"Firescaping: Wildfire-Resistant Landscaping in Georgia","sourceUrl":"https://bugwoodcloud.org/resource/files/18516.pdf","geography":{"grain":"state","stateCodes":["GA"]},"completeness":"partial","reviewStatus":"reviewed","scope":"UGA Warnell's WSFNR-20-96A is explicitly firescaping guidance for Georgia. FireApproved publishes the five exact genus owners named in its Immediate Zone examples while retaining the source's maintenance and quantity conditions. This is partial example coverage, not a statewide planting list.","sourceVersion":"UGA-WSFNR-20-96A-2020"}],"firePerformanceConditions":[],"maintenanceAssertions":[],"maintenanceConditions":null,"regulatoryReviews":{},"seedReviews":{}},"legacyCompatibilityProjection":{"nativeStates":["OH"],"invasiveIn":[]},"localAssessmentContract":"Compare each dimension separately. State noxious-weed seed designations are material-scoped and never become non-seed plant restrictions, ecological-invasive findings, nursery restrictions, alternatives, product evidence, or fire votes. Introduced/established context is not an invasive warning. Minimum-only hardiness has no inferred maximum; canonical source-temperature conversion is validated and contradictory applicable rows project no primary zone. L48 context applies only to conterminous states and is never exact-state status. Fire-performance conditions are not maintenance advice. FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}