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North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox — plant profiles and flammability ratings

NC State Extension (plants.ces.ncsu.edu). This registry entry connects 217 plant records to 270 normalized source rows. It is corroboration or adoption evidence; it does not cast an independent fire vote. Evidence kind: expert-curated; lineage: bardon-2005 (partial).

Publisher: NC State Extension (plants.ces.ncsu.edu)
Region: North Carolina / southeastern US
Evidence kind: Expert-curated
Linked plants: 217
Normalized rows: 270
Fire-evidence rows: 217

Per-plant flammability tags — low / medium / high / extreme — on the Toolbox's plant pages and search facets. Verdict map: low = recommend, medium = mixed, high and extreme = avoid. Tier is deliberately omitted: the Toolbox does not document who assigned its flammability values, so rows count as corroboration only, never sole Tier 1 support. Rows for plants already rated by Bardon's 2005 Firewise Landscaping list resolve to bardon-2005 via the chain-to-root rule.

Facts extracted with attribution from the public search facets (240 rated plants, 2026-08-23); Toolbox photos are per-image licensed (many NC/ND) and are not reused. Exact-match audit 2026-08-25: 238 facet rows resolve to 217 existing GBIF owners; 10 rows use nine documented exact synonym/spelling/genus reconciliations, and two cultivar/hybrid labels are held. Three plants appear under both the high and extreme tags; both values are preserved. No undocumented Toolbox row can supply sole Tier 1 support. Hardiness acquisition 2026-08-26 revisited 54 exact profile URLs that lacked typed tolerance data: 53 publish contiguous USDA half-zone series and one, the profile for Symphyotrichum retroflexum (Aster curtisii), publishes no hardiness field. The exact miss is retained rather than inferred.

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Linked plant records (217)

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

Plant	Source use
Alabama supplejackBerchemia scandens	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
American basswoodTilia americana	fire evidence · 1
American beautyberryCallicarpa americana	fire evidence · 1
American beechFagus grandifolia	fire evidence · 1
American elmUlmus americana	fire evidence · 1
American hazelnutCorylus americana	fire evidence · 1
American hollyIlex opaca	fire evidence · 1
American hornbeamCarpinus caroliniana	fire evidence · 1
American plumPrunus americana	fire evidence · 1
American pokeweedPhytolacca americana	fire evidence · 1
American sycamorePlatanus occidentalis	fire evidence · 1
American witchhazelHamamelis virginiana	fire evidence · 1
anisescented goldenrodSolidago odora	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
azure bluetHoustonia caerulea	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
bald cypressTaxodium distichum	fire evidence · 1
bearded beggarticksBidens aristosa	fire evidence · 1
birdfoot violetViola pedata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
black baneberryCimicifuga racemosa	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
black cherryPrunus serotina	fire evidence · 1
black locustRobinia pseudoacacia	fire evidence · 1
black willowSalix nigra	fire evidence · 1
blackgumNyssa sylvatica	fire evidence · 1
blackhawViburnum prunifolium	fire evidence · 1
blue huckleberryGaylussacia frondosa	fire evidence · 1
blue mistflowerConoclinium coelestinum	fire evidence · 1
Blue Ridge blueberryVaccinium pallidum	fire evidence · 1
bog goldenrodSolidago uliginosa	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
bride's feathersAruncus dioicus	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
bursting-heartEuonymus americanus	fire evidence · 1
bushy bluestemAndropogon glomeratus	fire evidence · 1
butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosa	fire evidence · 1
Calycine HawthornCrataegus rhipidophylla	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
Canada goldenrodSolidago altissima	fire evidence · 1
Canadian serviceberryAmelanchier canadensis	fire evidence · 1
cardinalflowerLobelia cardinalis	fire evidence · 1
Carolina laurelcherryPrunus caroliniana	fire evidence · 1
Carolina silverbellHalesia carolina	fire evidence · 1
Carolina vetchVicia caroliniana	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
cat greenbrierSmilax glauca	fire evidence · 1
Catawba rosebayRhododendron catawbiense	fire evidence · 1
cherrybark oakQuercus pagoda	fire evidence · 1
Chickasaw plumPrunus angustifolia	fire evidence · 1
Chinese hawCrataegus pinnatifida	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
Chinese silvergrassMiscanthus sinensis	fire evidence · 1
chinquapinCastanea pumila	fire evidence · 1
Christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoides	fire evidence · 1
coastal doghobbleLeucothoe axillaris	fire evidence · 1
coastal plain willowSalix caroliniana	fire evidence · 1
coastal sweetpepperbushClethra alnifolia	fire evidence · 1
cockspur hawthornCrataegus crus-galli	fire evidence · 1
cogongrassImperata cylindrica	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
common buttonbushCephalanthus occidentalis	fire evidence · 1
common persimmonDiospyros virginiana	fire evidence · 1
common serviceberryAmelanchier arborea	fire evidence · 1
common sweetleafSymplocos tinctoria	fire evidence · 1
common winterberryIlex verticillata	fire evidence · 1
crimsoneyed rosemallowHibiscus moscheutos	fire evidence · 1
crossvineBignonia capreolata	fire evidence · 1
cucumber treeMagnolia acuminata	fire evidence · 1
deerberryVaccinium stamineum	fire evidence · 1
dense blazing starLiatris spicata	fire evidence · 1
devil's walkingstickAralia spinosa	fire evidence · 1
devilwoodCartrema americana	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
downy hawthornCrataegus mollis	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
downy lobeliaLobelia puberula	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
downy phloxPhlox pilosa	fire evidence · 1
dwarf azaleaRhododendron atlanticum	fire evidence · 1
dwarf crested irisIris cristata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
dwarf hackberryCeltis tenuifolia	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
dwarf huckleberryGaylussacia dumosa	fire evidence · 1
early goldenrodSolidago juncea	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
eastern gray beardtonguePenstemon canescens	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
eastern hemlockTsuga canadensis	fire evidence · 1
eastern purple coneflowerEchinacea purpurea	fire evidence · 1
eastern redbudCercis canadensis	fire evidence · 1
eastern redcedarJuniperus virginiana	fire evidence · 1
eastern smooth beardtonguePenstemon laevigatus	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
eastern sweetshrubCalycanthus floridus	fire evidence · 1
eastern white pinePinus strobus	fire evidence · 1
evening trumpetflowerGelsemium sempervirens	fire evidence · 1
fall phloxPhlox paniculata	fire evidence · 1
farkleberryVaccinium arboreum	fire evidence · 1
fetterbush lyoniaLyonia lucida	fire evidence · 1
fire pinkSilene virginica	fire evidence · 1
flame azaleaRhododendron calendulaceum	fire evidence · 1
flowering dogwoodCornus florida	fire evidence · 1
giant caneArundinaria gigantea	fire evidence · 1
glossy hawthornCrataegus nitida	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
goldenrodSolidago	fire evidence · 1
gray goldenrodSolidago nemoralis	fire evidence · 1
great blue lobeliaLobelia siphilitica	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
great laurelRhododendron maximum	fire evidence · 1
greater tickseedCoreopsis major	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
green and goldChrysogonum virginianum	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica	fire evidence · 1
green hawthornCrataegus viridis 'Winter King'	fire evidence · 1
hazel alderAlnus serrulata	fire evidence · 1
highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum	fire evidence · 1
hoary mountainmintPycnanthemum incanum	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
hophornbeamOstrya virginiana	fire evidence · 1
horseflyweedBaptisia tinctoria	fire evidence · 1
IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans	fire evidence · 1
IndianhempApocynum cannabinum	fire evidence · 1
inkberryIlex glabra	fire evidence · 1
Jack in the pulpitArisaema triphyllum	fire evidence · 1
jewelweedImpatiens capensis	fire evidence · 1
lanceleaf greenbrierSmilax smallii	fire evidence · 1
lanceleaf tickseedCoreopsis lanceolata	fire evidence · 1
laurel greenbrierSmilax laurifolia	fire evidence · 1
Lavell hawthornCrataegus x lavallei	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
live oakQuercus virginiana	fire evidence · 1
lobed tickseedCoreopsis auriculata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
loblolly pinePinus taeda	fire evidence · 1
longleaf pinePinus palustris	fire evidence · 1
lyreleaf sageSalvia lyrata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
mapleleaf viburnumViburnum acerifolia	fire evidence · 1
mockernut hickoryCarya tomentosa	fire evidence · 1
moss phloxPhlox subulata	fire evidence · 1
mountain laurelKalmia latifolia	fire evidence · 1
muscadineVitis rotundifolia	fire evidence · 1
nakedflower ticktrefoilHylodesmum nudiflorum	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
narrowleaf evening primroseOenothera fruticosa	fire evidence · 1
New England asterAster novae-angliae	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
New York asterAster novi-belgii	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
New York ironweedVernonia noveboracensis	fire evidence · 1
northern red oakQuercus rubra	fire evidence · 1
northern spicebushLindera benzoin	fire evidence · 1
oleanderNerium oleander	fire evidence · 1
orange coneflowerRudbeckia fulgida	fire evidence · 1
painted buckeyeAesculus sylvatica	fire evidence · 1
partridge peaChamaecrista fasciculata	fire evidence · 1
partridgeberryMitchella repens	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
pawpawAsimina triloba	fire evidence · 1
peppervineNekemias arborea	fire evidence · 1
pin cherryPrunus pennsylvanica	fire evidence · 1
pineland threeawnAristida stricta	fire evidence · 1
pink azaleaRhododendron periclymenoides	fire evidence · 1
pipevineAristolochia macrophylla	fire evidence · 1
ponderosa pinePinus ponderosa	fire evidence · 1
Possum-haw hollyIlex decidua	fire evidence · 1
Possumhaw viburnumViburnum nudum	fire evidence · 1
post oakQuercus stellata	fire evidence · 1
prairie goldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
purple passionflowerPassiflora incarnata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
purpledisk sunflowerHelianthus atrorubens	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
red chokeberryAronia arbutifolia	fire evidence · 1
red columbineAquilegia canadensis	fire evidence · 1
red mapleAcer rubrum	fire evidence · 1
red mulberryMorus rubra	fire evidence · 1
redbayPersea borbonia	fire evidence · 1
redring milkweedAsclepias variegata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
rigid whitetop asterAster curtisii	fire evidence · 1
river birchBetula nigra	fire evidence · 1
rusty blackhawViburnum rufidulum	fire evidence · 1
saw palmettoSerenoa repens	fire evidence · 1
scarlet beebalmMonarda didyma	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
scarlet oakQuercus coccinea	fire evidence · 1
seaside goldenrodSolidago sempervirens	fire evidence · 1
sheep laurelKalmia angustifolia	fire evidence · 1
Shining SumacRhus copallina	fire evidence · 1
Short's goldenrodSolidago shortii	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
shortleaf pinePinus echinata	fire evidence · 1
showy goldenrodSolidago speciosa	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
silky dogwoodCornus amomum	fire evidence · 1
Small's goldenrodSolidago pinetorum	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
smooth carrionflowerSmilax herbacea	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
smooth oxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
smooth sumacRhus glabra	fire evidence · 1
sourwoodOxydendrum arboreum	fire evidence · 1
southern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora	fire evidence · 1
southern red oakQuercus falcata	fire evidence · 1
southern sugar mapleAcer floridanum	fire evidence · 1
splitbeard bluestemAndropogon ternarius	fire evidence · 1
spotted beebalmMonarda punctata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
spotted geraniumGeranium maculatum	fire evidence · 1
strawberry treeArbutus unedo	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
sugarberryCeltis laevigata	fire evidence · 1
swamp sunflowerHelianthus angustifolius	fire evidence · 1
swamp titiCyrilla racemiflora	fire evidence · 1
swamp white oakQuercus bicolor	fire evidence · 1
sweet bayLaurus nobilis	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
sweet birchBetula lenta	fire evidence · 1
sweetbayMagnolia virginiana	fire evidence · 1
sweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua	fire evidence · 1
switchcaneArundinaria tecta	fire evidence · 1
switchgrassPanicum virgatum	fire evidence · 1
thickleaf phloxPhlox carolina	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
trumpet creeperCampsis radicans	fire evidence · 1
trumpet honeysuckleLonicera sempervirens	fire evidence · 1
trumpetweedEupatorium fistulosum	fire evidence · 1
tuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera	fire evidence · 1
valley oakQuercus lobata	fire evidence · 1
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquifolia	fire evidence · 1
Virginia snakerootAristolochia serpentaria	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
Virginia sweetspireItea virginica	fire evidence · 1
wand goldenrodSolidago stricta	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
Washington hawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum	fire evidence · 1
water oakQuercus nigra	fire evidence · 1
wax myrtleMorella cerifera	fire evidence · 1
white ashFraxinus americana	fire evidence · 1
white fringetreeChionanthus virginicus	fire evidence · 1
white goldenrodSolidago bicolor	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
white heath asterSymphyotrichum ericoides	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
white oakQuercus alba	fire evidence · 1
white wood asterEurybia divaricata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
whorled tickseedCoreopsis verticillata	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
wild bergamotMonarda fistulosa	fire evidence · 1
wild blue phloxPhlox divaricata	fire evidence · 1
wild hydrangeaHydrangea arborescens	fire evidence · 1
winged elmUlmus alata	fire evidence · 1
woodland pinkrootSpigelia marilandica	fire evidence · 1
woodland sunflowerHelianthus divaricatus	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
woodvampDecumaria barbara	fire evidence · 1hardiness · 1
wreath goldenrodSolidago caesia	fire evidence · 1
wrinkleleaf goldenrodSolidago rugosa	fire evidence · 1
yauponIlex vomitoria	fire evidence · 1
yellow buckeyeAesculus flava	fire evidence · 1

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