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Firewise Plants for Utah Landscapes (NR/FF/002)

Utah State University Extension. This registry entry connects 83 plant records to 83 normalized source rows. It is primary fire evidence whose independent lineage can affect a fire classification. Evidence kind: expert-curated; lineage: usu-kuhns.

Publisher
Utah State University Extension
Region
Utah / Intermountain West
Evidence kind
Expert-curated
Linked plants
83
Normalized rows
83
Fire-evidence rows
83

Acquisition and license

Source version
USU-NR-FF-002-2005-02
Retrieved
2026-08-26
Upstream license
No reuse license stated on the official source
Derived rows
CC BY 4.0
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Coverage contract

Binary list of 83 plants or plant groups that the source says can be firewise when properly placed and maintained. Verdict map: listed = recommend. Asterisks identify plants that may become weedy; they do not change the source's firewise verdict.

Tier 1 expert curation by Michael Kuhns. Utah FFSL's 2007 Firewise Landscaping for Utah book was authored by Kuhns and Barbara Daniels and expands this fact sheet, so both publications belong to the single usu-kuhns lineage and never count as independent votes. The live official 183,034-byte PDF exactly matched the pinned input on 2026-08-26; SHA-256: 10ce740ce69b496a6b6742b66cd4fa97eadc82047881f69207e75531d9de84d8.

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Linked plant records (83)

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

PlantSource use
Adam's needleYucca filamentosa fire evidence · 1
alfalfaMedicago sativa fire evidence · 1
antelope bitterbrushPurshia tridentata fire evidence · 1
bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri fire evidence · 1
beardtonguePenstemon fire evidence · 1
bigleaf periwinkleVinca major fire evidence · 1
birchBetula fire evidence · 1
blackberry-lilyIris fire evidence · 1
Blanket flowerGaillardia x grandiflora fire evidence · 1
bloody geraniumGeranium sanguineum fire evidence · 1
buckthornRhamnus spp. fire evidence · 1
buffalograssBuchloe dactyloides fire evidence · 1
California redbudCercis occidentalis fire evidence · 1
cinquefoilPotentilla spp. fire evidence · 1
columbineAquilegia fire evidence · 1
common houseleekSempervivum tectorum fire evidence · 1
common lilacSyringa vulgaris fire evidence · 1
common periwinkleVinca minor fire evidence · 1
coralbellsHeuchera sanguinea fire evidence · 1
CotoneastersCotoneaster spp. fire evidence · 1
cottonwoodPopulus sp. fire evidence · 1
Crane's-billsGeranium spp. fire evidence · 1
creeping barberryBerberis repens fire evidence · 1
creeping liriopeLiriope spicata fire evidence · 1
crested wheatgrassAgropyron cristatum fire evidence · 1
currantRibes fire evidence · 1
daylilyHemerocallis fire evidence · 1
Delosperma nubigenumDelosperma nubigenum fire evidence · 1
elephant-earBergenia spp. fire evidence · 1
English ivyHedera helix fire evidence · 1
evening primroseOenothera fire evidence · 1
evergreen candytuftIberis sempervirens fire evidence · 1
feathered pinkDianthus plumarius fire evidence · 1
fernleaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina fire evidence · 1
fescueFestuca spp. fire evidence · 1
firethornPyracantha spp. fire evidence · 1
flaxLinum spp. fire evidence · 1
fleabaneErigeron spp. fire evidence · 1
florist's sea-lavenderLimonium latifolium fire evidence · 1
forage kochiaKochia prostrata fire evidence · 1
Geranium cinereumGeranium cinereum fire evidence · 1
honeysuckleLonicera fire evidence · 1
Jersey teaCeanothus ovatus fire evidence · 1
Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis fire evidence · 1
kinnikinnickArctostaphylos uva-ursi fire evidence · 1
lavenderLavandula fire evidence · 1
lobed tickseedCoreopsis auriculata fire evidence · 1
lupineLupinus fire evidence · 1
mapleAcer spp. fire evidence · 1
Nepalese cinquefoilPotentilla nepalensis fire evidence · 1
New Jersey teaCeanothus americanus fire evidence · 1
oldwomanArtemisia stellerana fire evidence · 1
orchardgrassDactylis glomerata fire evidence · 1
poppyPapaver spp. fire evidence · 1
quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides fire evidence · 1
red valerianCentranthus ruber fire evidence · 1
redhot pokerKniphofia spp. fire evidence · 1
rockroseCistus spp. fire evidence · 1
rockspray cotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis fire evidence · 1
rugosa roseRosa rugosa fire evidence · 1
russet buffaloberryShepherdia canadensis fire evidence · 1
Russian sageSalvia yangii fire evidence · 1
ryegrassLolium spp. fire evidence · 1
sageSalvia spp. fire evidence · 1
sagebrushArtemisia spp. fire evidence · 1
saltbushAtriplex sp. fire evidence · 1
Sandberg bluegrassPoa secunda fire evidence · 1
sandcherryPrunus besseyi fire evidence · 1
Shasta DaisyLeucanthemum x superbum fire evidence · 1
shrubby fivefingersSibbaldiopsis tridentata fire evidence · 1
Silvery YarrowAchillea clavennae fire evidence · 1
skunkbush sumacRhus trilobata fire evidence · 1
snow in summerCerastium tomentosum fire evidence · 1
spring cinquefoilPotentilla neumanniana fire evidence · 1
stonecropSedum fire evidence · 1
sumacRhus spp. fire evidence · 1
thrift seapinkArmeria maritima fire evidence · 1
tickseedCoreopsis fire evidence · 1
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquifolia fire evidence · 1
western wheatgrassAgropyron smithii fire evidence · 1
willowSalix fire evidence · 1
woolly hedgenettleStachys byzantina fire evidence · 1
yarrowAchillea fire evidence · 1

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