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lanceleaf cottonwood (Populus acuminata)
Photo: (c) Andrew Tree, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC BY), via iNaturalist. Species-typical, not necessarily this cultivar.

lanceleaf cottonwood

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Arizona above 3,000 feet / interior Southwest
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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Arizona above 3,000 feet / interior Southwest
Typed publication scope: 1 scope across 1 cited fire source
  • FIREWISE Plant Materials for 3,000 ft. and Higher Elevations (AZ1289) · Official scoped edition
    • Arizona at or above 3,000 feet (AZ footprint); partial normalized coverage · 2011-12-01

      AZ1289 is explicitly limited to Arizona elevations of 3,000 feet and higher. FireApproved publishes 69 exact owners as regional Arizona context, retaining every water and elevation condition. It is never promoted to statewide low-desert guidance or an independent Tier 1 vote.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in AZ, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, TX, UT, WY.

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.

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Corroboration (1 rows from 1 source)

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Last verified 2026-08-24. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Populus acuminata (lanceleaf cottonwood). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/populus-acuminata/. Last verified 2026-08-24.