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Fire-Resistant Landscaping in North Carolina (AG-874)

NC State Extension (Kays, Fawcett, Query, Thompson-Welch, Bardon). This registry entry connects 202 plant records to 202 normalized source rows. It is primary fire evidence whose independent lineage can affect a fire classification. Evidence kind: expert-curated; lineage: nc-tree.

Publisher: NC State Extension (Kays, Fawcett, Query, Thompson-Welch, Bardon)
Region: North Carolina
Evidence kind: Expert-curated
Linked plants: 202
Normalized rows: 202
Fire-evidence rows: 202

Acquisition and license

Source version: AG-874-reviewed-2025-03-26
Retrieved: 2026-08-23
Upstream license: No reuse license stated in the official publication PDF
Derived rows: CC BY 4.0
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Coverage contract

fire performance · reviewed: The complete three-table AG-874 plant list is explicitly for North Carolina and contains 202 low-, medium-, or high-flammability rows. FireApproved accounts for all source rows under its strict taxonomy and lineage rules; source scope does not establish local suitability at a particular North Carolina site.

202 North Carolina natives across three tables — 106 low, 61 medium, 35 high flammability — with growth-form groupings and habitat columns. Verdict map: low = recommend, medium = mixed, high = avoid. The successor to Bardon's 2005 Firewise Landscaping list (Bardon is a co-author): the 2005 "extreme" class was dropped, so former extreme species reappear here as high.

Rows whose class is unchanged from the 2005 list resolve to bardon-2005 (same nc-tree lineage, edition corroboration); rows where the class changed carry their own AG-874 evidence naming the delta. Not independent of bardon-2005 or of the NC Plant Toolbox rows that chain to it.

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Linked plant records (202)

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 · 1
Allegheny serviceberryAmelanchier laevis	fire evidence · 1
American basswoodTilia americana	fire evidence · 1
American beautyberryCallicarpa americana	fire evidence · 1
American beechFagus grandifolia	fire evidence · 1
American black elderberrySambucus canadensis	fire evidence · 1
American devilwoodOsmanthus americanus	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 mountain ashSorbus americana	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
Atlantic white cedarChamaecyparis thyoides	fire evidence · 1
azure bluetHoustonia caerulea	fire evidence · 1
bald cypressTaxodium distichum	fire evidence · 1
bearded beggarticksBidens aristosa	fire evidence · 1
birdfoot violetViola pedata	fire evidence · 1
black baneberryCimicifuga racemosa	fire evidence · 1
black cherryPrunus serotina	fire evidence · 1
black locustRobinia pseudoacacia	fire evidence · 1
black oakQuercus velutina	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 mistflowerEupatorium coelestinum	fire evidence · 1
Blue Ridge blueberryVaccinium pallidum	fire evidence · 1
blue wild indigoBaptisia australis	fire evidence · 1
bride's feathersAruncus dioicus	fire evidence · 1
bursting-heartEuonymus americanus	fire evidence · 1
bushy bluestemAndropogon glomeratus	fire evidence · 1
butterfly milkweedAsclepias tuberosa	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 · 1
Catawba rosebayRhododendron catawbiense	fire evidence · 1
cherrybark oakQuercus pagoda	fire evidence · 1
Chickasaw plumPrunus angustifolia	fire evidence · 1
chinquapinCastanea pumila	fire evidence · 1
Christmas fernPolystichum acrostichoides	fire evidence · 1
coastal doghobbleLeucothoe axillaris	fire evidence · 1
coastal plain tickseedCoreopsis angustifolia	fire evidence · 1
coastal plain tickseedCoreopsis falcata	fire evidence · 1
coastal plain willowSalix caroliniana	fire evidence · 1
coastal sweetpepperbushClethra alnifolia	fire evidence · 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
downy lobeliaLobelia puberula	fire evidence · 1
downy phloxPhlox pilosa	fire evidence · 1
dwarf azaleaRhododendron atlanticum	fire evidence · 1
dwarf crested irisIris cristata	fire evidence · 1
dwarf hackberryCeltis tenuifolia	fire evidence · 1
dwarf huckleberryGaylussacia dumosa	fire evidence · 1
eastern gray beardtonguePenstemon canescens	fire evidence · 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 · 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
Florida mapleAcer barbatum	fire evidence · 1
flowering dogwoodCornus florida	fire evidence · 1
giant caneArundinaria gigantea	fire evidence · 1
goldenrodSolidago	fire evidence · 1
grapeVitis spp.	fire evidence · 1
great blue lobeliaLobelia siphilitica	fire evidence · 1
great laurelRhododendron maximum	fire evidence · 1
greater tickseedCoreopsis major	fire evidence · 1
green and goldChrysogonum virginianum	fire evidence · 1
green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica	fire evidence · 1
greenbrierSmilax spp.	fire evidence · 1
hairy white oldfield asterAster pilosus	fire evidence · 1
hawthornCrataegus	fire evidence · 1
hazel alderAlnus serrulata	fire evidence · 1
highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum	fire evidence · 1
hoary mountainmintPycnanthemum incanum	fire evidence · 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 tickseedCoreopsis lanceolata	fire evidence · 1
live oakQuercus virginiana	fire evidence · 1
loblolly bayGordonia lasianthus	fire evidence · 1
loblolly pinePinus taeda	fire evidence · 1
longleaf pinePinus palustris	fire evidence · 1
lyreleaf sageSalvia lyrata	fire evidence · 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
narrowleaf evening primroseOenothera fruticosa	fire evidence · 1
New England asterAster novae-angliae	fire evidence · 1
New Jersey teaCeanothus americanus	fire evidence · 1
New York asterAster novi-belgii	fire evidence · 1
New York ironweedVernonia noveboracensis	fire evidence · 1
northern red oakQuercus rubra	fire evidence · 1
northern spicebushLindera benzoin	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 · 1
pawpawAsimina triloba	fire evidence · 1
peppervineAmpelopsis arborea	fire evidence · 1
pignut hickoryCarya glabra	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
Possum-haw hollyIlex decidua	fire evidence · 1
Possumhaw viburnumViburnum nudum	fire evidence · 1
post oakQuercus stellata	fire evidence · 1
purple passionflowerPassiflora incarnata	fire evidence · 1
purpledisk sunflowerHelianthus atrorubens	fire evidence · 1
red buckeyeAesculus pavia	fire evidence · 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 · 1
rigid whitetop asterAster curtisii	fire evidence · 1
river birchBetula nigra	fire evidence · 1
rusty blackhawViburnum rufidulum	fire evidence · 1
sassafrasSassafras albidum	fire evidence · 1
scarlet beebalmMonarda didyma	fire evidence · 1
scarlet oakQuercus coccinea	fire evidence · 1
serpentine asterAster divaricatus	fire evidence · 1
shagbark hickoryCarya ovata	fire evidence · 1
sheep laurelKalmia angustifolia	fire evidence · 1
Shining SumacRhus copallina	fire evidence · 1
shortleaf pinePinus echinata	fire evidence · 1
Shumard's oakQuercus shumardii	fire evidence · 1
silky dogwoodCornus amomum	fire evidence · 1
smooth oxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides	fire evidence · 1
smooth sumacRhus glabra	fire evidence · 1
sourwoodOxydendrum arboreum	fire evidence · 1
southern arrowwoodViburnum dentatum	fire evidence · 1
southern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora	fire evidence · 1
southern red oakQuercus falcata	fire evidence · 1
splitbeard bluestemAndropogon ternarius	fire evidence · 1
spotted beebalmMonarda punctata	fire evidence · 1
spotted geraniumGeranium maculatum	fire evidence · 1
sugar mapleAcer saccharum	fire evidence · 1
sugarberryCeltis laevigata	fire evidence · 1
swamp chestnut oakQuercus michauxii	fire evidence · 1
swamp milkweedAsclepias incarnata	fire evidence · 1
swamp sunflowerHelianthus angustifolius	fire evidence · 1
swamp titiCyrilla racemiflora	fire evidence · 1
sweet birchBetula lenta	fire evidence · 1
sweetbayMagnolia virginiana	fire evidence · 1
sweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua	fire evidence · 1
switchgrassPanicum virgatum	fire evidence · 1
thickleaf phloxPhlox carolina	fire evidence · 1
ticktrefoilDesmodium spp.	fire evidence · 1
trumpet creeperCampsis radicans	fire evidence · 1
trumpet honeysuckleLonicera sempervirens	fire evidence · 1
trumpetweedEupatorium fistulosum	fire evidence · 1
tuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera	fire evidence · 1
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquifolia	fire evidence · 1
Virginia snakerootAristolochia serpentaria	fire evidence · 1
Virginia sweetspireItea virginica	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 oakQuercus alba	fire evidence · 1
whorled tickseedCoreopsis verticillata	fire evidence · 1
wild bergamotMonarda fistulosa	fire evidence · 1
wild blue phloxPhlox divaricata	fire evidence · 1
wild hydrangeaHydrangea arborescens	fire evidence · 1
willow oakQuercus phellos	fire evidence · 1
winged elmUlmus alata	fire evidence · 1
woodland pinkrootSpigelia marilandica	fire evidence · 1
woodland sunflowerHelianthus divaricatus	fire evidence · 1
woodvampDecumaria barbara	fire evidence · 1
yauponIlex vomitoria	fire evidence · 1
yellow buckeyeAesculus flava	fire evidence · 1

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