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Defensible Space Landscaping in the Urban/Wildland Interface: A Compilation of Fire Performance Ratings of Residential Landscape Plants

University of California Forest Products Laboratory. This registry entry connects 156 plant records to 234 normalized source rows. It is corroboration or adoption evidence; it does not cast an independent fire vote. Evidence kind: compilation; lineage: ucfpl-berkeley.

Publisher: University of California Forest Products Laboratory
Region: California
Evidence kind: Compilation
Linked plants: 156
Normalized rows: 234
Fire-evidence rows: 234

Acquisition and license

Source version: UCFPL-Internal-Report-36.01.137-1997-07
Retrieved: 2026-08-26
Upstream license: No reuse license stated on the recovered report
Derived rows: CC BY 4.0
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Coverage contract

fire performance · reviewed: The UC Forest Products Laboratory says the guide covers properties of common California landscaping plants and was prepared for California fire agencies. FireApproved publishes 130 exact owners at historical California publication scope. The report is a 1997 compilation, not a current endorsement, site rating, or independent test of every row.

The report compiles more than 25 earlier lists. Chapter 2 requires at least three favorable references, Chapter 3 requires at least three unfavorable references, and Chapter 4 identifies conflicting source recommendations. These map to recommend, avoid, and mixed. The report says the underlying lists often lack scientific basis and use undefined terms.

Tier 2 compilation and the citation root behind several later California list wrappers. The recovered report is the evidence source. A preserved UCFPL column in the 2024 Living With Fire workbook is used only as a transcription aid for the report's F/U/C marker and reference count; it is not treated as another evidence lineage. Conservative exact reconciliation yields 130 evidence owners (83 favorable, 31 conflicting, 16 unfavorable), with 31 compound or non-exact taxonomy rows held.

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Linked plant records (156)

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

Plant	Source use
Aaron's beardHypericum calycinum	fire evidence · 1
African lilyDietes bicolor	fire evidence · 2
alderleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus montanus	fire evidence · 1
Aloe brevifoliaAloe brevifolia	fire evidence · 2
arborvitaeThuja sp.	fire evidence · 1
Artemisia caucasicaArtemisia caucasica	fire evidence · 2
ashFraxinus sp.	fire evidence · 1
Australian saltbushAtriplex semibaccata	fire evidence · 2
Banksian roseRosa banksiae	fire evidence · 1
beach strawberryFragaria chiloensis	fire evidence · 2
bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri	fire evidence · 1
Berlandier's sundropsOenothera berlandieri	fire evidence · 2
big blue lilyturfLiriope muscari	fire evidence · 1
big saltbushAtriplex lentiformis	fire evidence · 1
bigleaf periwinkleVinca major	fire evidence · 2
black sageSalvia mellifera	fire evidence · 1
Blue ChalksticksSenecio serpens	fire evidence · 2
blue fingerSenecio mandraliscae	fire evidence · 2
blueblossomCeanothus thyrsiflorus	fire evidence · 2
bluewitch nightshadeSolanum xanti	fire evidence · 2
bottlebrushCallistemon sp.	fire evidence · 1
Brazilian peppertreeSchinus terebinthifolius	fire evidence · 1
British Columbia wildgingerAsarum caudatum	fire evidence · 2
broadleaf stonecropSedum spathulifolium	fire evidence · 2
Buff ClockflowerDietes vegeta	fire evidence · 2
California buckeyeAesculus californica	fire evidence · 2
California laurelUmbellularia californica	fire evidence · 1
California live oakQuercus agrifolia	fire evidence · 2
California poppyEschscholzia californica	fire evidence · 2
California poppyEschscholzia mexicana	fire evidence · 1
California redbudCercis occidentalis	fire evidence · 2
California wax myrtleMyrica californica	fire evidence · 2
calla lilyZantedeschia aethiopica	fire evidence · 1
candelabra aloeAloe arborescens	fire evidence · 2
Cape honeysuckleBignonia capensis	fire evidence · 1
CapeweedArctotheca calendula	fire evidence · 2
chamiseAdenostoma fasciculatum	fire evidence · 2
chaparral peaPickeringia montana	fire evidence · 2
Chinese pistachePistacia chinensis	fire evidence · 1
Chinese windmill palmTrachycarpus fortunei	fire evidence · 1
Christmas-cheerSedum rubrotinctum	fire evidence · 1
coastal sagebrushArtemisia californica	fire evidence · 1
common bugleAjuga reptans	fire evidence · 2
common fanflowerScaevola aemula	fire evidence · 1
common periwinkleVinca minor	fire evidence · 2
common rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium	fire evidence · 1
common yarrowAchillea millefolium	fire evidence · 2
confederate jasmineTrachelospermum jasminoides	fire evidence · 2
Copper BrightfigLampranthus aurantiacus	fire evidence · 1
coppery mesembMalephora crocea	fire evidence · 1
cottonwoodPopulus sp.	fire evidence · 1
Coulter's Matilija poppyRomneya coulteri	fire evidence · 1
coyotebrushBaccharis pilularis	fire evidence · 1
creeping barberryBerberis repens	fire evidence · 2
creeping sageSalvia sonomensis	fire evidence · 2
creeping snowberrySymphoricarpos mollis	fire evidence · 2
Cretan rockroseCistus villosus	fire evidence · 1
daylilyHemerocallis	fire evidence · 1
Douglas irisIris douglasiana	fire evidence · 2
Douglas-firPseudotsuga menziesii	fire evidence · 2
Eastern Mojave buckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum	fire evidence · 2
elephant bushPortulacaria afra	fire evidence · 2
English ivyHedera helix	fire evidence · 1
European fan palmChamaerops humilis	fire evidence · 1
evergreen candytuftIberis sempervirens	fire evidence · 1
feijoaFeijoa sellowiana	fire evidence · 2
finger-limeCitrus spp.	fire evidence · 1
Fiordaliso di CapraiaCentaurea gymnocarpa	fire evidence · 1
firAbies sp.	fire evidence · 1
fourwing saltbushAtriplex canescens	fire evidence · 2
giant chinquapinChrysolepis chrysophylla	fire evidence · 1
golden blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium californicum	fire evidence · 2
golden-yarrowEriophyllum confertiflorum	fire evidence · 2
goldmoss stonecropSedum acre	fire evidence · 1
Green lavender-cottonSantolina virens	fire evidence · 1
gumEucalyptus spp.	fire evidence · 1
hairy dewflowerDrosanthemum hispidum	fire evidence · 1
hairy yerba santaEriodictyon trichocalyx	fire evidence · 1
hemlockTsuga sp.	fire evidence · 1
hollyleaf cherryPrunus lyonii	fire evidence · 2
hollyleaf cherryPrunus ilicifolia	fire evidence · 2
hottentot figCarpobrotus edulis	fire evidence · 1
hummingbird trumpetZauschneria californica	fire evidence · 2
Indian strawberryDuchesnea indica	fire evidence · 2
island gooseberryRibes viburnifolium	fire evidence · 2
Italian buckthornRhamnus alaternus	fire evidence · 2
ivyleaf geraniumPelargonium peltatum	fire evidence · 2
Japanese cheesewoodPittosporum tobira	fire evidence · 2
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica	fire evidence · 2
jasmine nightshadeSolanum jasminoides	fire evidence · 2
jojobaSimmondsia chinensis	fire evidence · 1
lace aloeAloe aristata	fire evidence · 2
larchLarix	fire evidence · 1
Latin American fleabaneErigeron karvinskianus	fire evidence · 1
lavender cottonSantolina chamaecyparissus	fire evidence · 2
lemonade sumacRhus integrifolia	fire evidence · 1
Lesser Mexican-StonecropSedum confusum	fire evidence · 2
Lindheimer's beeblossomGaura lindheimeri	fire evidence · 1
Malephora luteolaMalephora luteola	fire evidence · 1
monkeyflowerMimulus	fire evidence · 1
mother of thymeThymus praecox	fire evidence · 1
oleanderNerium oleander	fire evidence · 2
oliveOlea europaea	fire evidence · 1
Pacific madroneArbutus menziesii	fire evidence · 2
Peruvian mock vervainVerbena peruviana	fire evidence · 1
Peruvian peppertreeSchinus molle	fire evidence · 2
plumPrunus	fire evidence · 1
pomegranatePunica granatum	fire evidence · 1
prostrate ceanothusCeanothus prostratus	fire evidence · 1
purple cistusCistus purpureus	fire evidence · 1
quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides	fire evidence · 2
red fescueFestuca rubra	fire evidence · 2
red valerianCentranthus ruber	fire evidence · 2
redflower false yuccaHesperaloe parviflora	fire evidence · 2
redhot pokerKniphofia uvaria	fire evidence · 2
redshankAdenostoma sparsifolium	fire evidence · 2
RosemarySalvia rosmarinus	fire evidence · 1
royal agaveAgave victoriae-reginae	fire evidence · 2
Russian sageSalvia yangii	fire evidence · 1
sea campionSilene uniflora	fire evidence · 1
Short-leaved StonecropSedum brevifolium	fire evidence · 2
showy dewflowerDrosanthemum floribundum	fire evidence · 2
shrubby daisybushOsteospermum fruticosum	fire evidence · 2
SilverbushConvolvulus cneorum	fire evidence · 1
slender myoporumMyoporum parvifolium	fire evidence · 1
snow in summerCerastium tomentosum	fire evidence · 2
Society GarlicTulbaghia violacea	fire evidence · 2
Spanish broomSpartium junceum	fire evidence · 2
sprucePicea sp.	fire evidence · 1
St. John's breadCeratonia siliqua	fire evidence · 1
stiffleaf cheesewoodPittosporum crassifolium	fire evidence · 2
strawberry cloverTrifolium fragiferum	fire evidence · 2
strawberry treeArbutus unedo	fire evidence · 2
sugar sumacRhus ovata	fire evidence · 1
TanoakLithocarpus densiflorus	fire evidence · 1
Tasmanian bluegumEucalyptus globulus	fire evidence · 1
thrift seapinkArmeria maritima	fire evidence · 2
toyonHeteromeles arbutifolia	fire evidence · 1
trailing iceplantLampranthus spectabilis	fire evidence · 1
trailing shrubverbenaLantana montevidensis	fire evidence · 1
treasure-flowerGazania uniflora	fire evidence · 1
trumpet creeperCampsis radicans	fire evidence · 2
turkey tangle fogfruitLippia nodiflora	fire evidence · 2
Uruguayan pampas grassCortaderia selloana	fire evidence · 2
wall germanderTeucrium chamaedrys	fire evidence · 1
wattleAcacia spp.	fire evidence · 1
wavyleaf silktasselGarrya elliptica	fire evidence · 1
weeping bottlebrushCallistemon viminalis	fire evidence · 1
western azaleaRhododendron occidentale	fire evidence · 1
western blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellum	fire evidence · 2
white alderAlnus rhombifolia	fire evidence · 2
white stonecropSedum album	fire evidence · 2
wisteriasWisteria spp.	fire evidence · 1
woolly bluecurlsTrichostema lanatum	fire evidence · 2
woolly hedgenettleStachys byzantina	fire evidence · 1
yewTaxus sp.	fire evidence · 1

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