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Fire-Retardant Plants for Brush Fire Prevention in Hillside Residential Areas

Los Angeles State & County Arboretum. This registry entry connects 25 plant records to 25 normalized source rows. It is primary fire evidence whose independent lineage can affect a fire classification. Evidence kind: field program; lineage: la-arboretum-tree.

Publisher
Los Angeles State & County Arboretum
Region
Southern California
Evidence kind
Field program
Linked plants
25
Normalized rows
25
Fire-evidence rows
25

Table 1 recommends 30 low-growing shrubs and herbaceous perennials in four fire-retardance categories based on leaf moisture capacity: Category 1, greatest (90-95%); Category 2, high (80-95%); Category 3, medium-high (70-80%); and Category 4, least among the recommended set (60-70%).

The Arboretum's official archive links to the Missouri Botanical Garden scan of LASCA Leaves. The authors condition the recommendations on watering through the dry season and maintenance that removes accumulated litter. Internet Archive item mobot31753002430269; capture SHA-256: 8621cb11620bc2ad508532319b9cc009ae57ad8909f4de6ab74e71e3874d7c35.

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Linked plant records (25)

Each row names the evidence channel this source supports. Range, status, hardiness, and fire-ecology context remain separate from fire classification.

PlantSource use
Algerian ivyHedera canariensis fire evidence · 1
Berry SaltbushAtriplex semibaccata fire evidence · 1
Blue ChalksticksSenecio serpens fire evidence · 1
Brown BeanSedum rubrotinctum fire evidence · 1
Cape WeedArctotheca calendula fire evidence · 1
Creeping MyoporumMyoporum parvifolium fire evidence · 1
Croceum Ice PlantMalephora crocea fire evidence · 1
English ivyHedera helix fire evidence · 1
GeraniumPelargonium peltatum fire evidence · 1
GermanderTeucrium chamaedrys fire evidence · 1
Green santolina or green lavendercottonSantolina virens fire evidence · 1
Green StonecropSedum brevifolium fire evidence · 1
Grey santolinaSantolina chamaecyparissus fire evidence · 1
Hottentot FigCarpobrotus edulis fire evidence · 1
Largeleaf periwinkleVinca major fire evidence · 1
Lesser Mexican-stonecropSedum confusum fire evidence · 1
PeriwinkleVinca minor fire evidence · 1
Rosea Ice PlantDrosanthemum hispidum fire evidence · 1
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum fire evidence · 1
St. JohnswortHypericum calycinum fire evidence · 1
Sun roseHelianthemum nummularium fire evidence · 1
Trailing GazaniaGazania uniflora fire evidence · 1
Trailing Ice PlantLampranthus spectabilis fire evidence · 1
Trailing South African daisyOsteospermum fruticosum fire evidence · 1
Yellow Trailing Ice PlantMalephora luteola fire evidence · 1

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