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Virginia Firescapes — Firewise Landscaping for Woodland Homes (430-300)

Virginia Cooperative Extension / Virginia Tech (Appleton, Frenzel, Hillegass, Lyons, Steward — Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force). This registry entry connects 306 plant records to 373 normalized source rows. It is primary fire evidence whose independent lineage can affect a fire classification. Evidence kind: expert-curated; lineage: ufifas-srs-tree.

Publisher
Virginia Cooperative Extension / Virginia Tech (Appleton, Frenzel, Hillegass, Lyons, Steward — Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force)
Region
Virginia / Mid-Atlantic
Evidence kind
Expert-curated
Linked plants
306
Normalized rows
373
Fire-evidence rows
373

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Source version
Virginia-VCE-430-300-2009
Retrieved
2026-08-23
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No reuse license stated on the archived official publication
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Coverage contract

Three-point flammability rating (H / M / L, "more or less forest fire-prone") across six tables of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, groundcovers, and vines. Verdict map: L = recommend, M = mixed, H = avoid. Every evergreen tree and shrub in the list is rated H.

Produced by the Virginia Firewise Landscaping Task Force (Virginia Tech, Virginia Department of Forestry, soil and water district, and Larry Steward). Steward also rated the Fire Performance Plant Selector and co-authored OSU B921, so the three lists share a rater and are not fully independent of one another. Nativity column marks Virginia natives; a blank cell means not marked native, not a verdict. Clematis virginiana's rating cell is blank in the printed source (verified against the page image) and is recorded as not-rated. The Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens' cultivar row is taxonomy-held because GBIF has no exact cultivar match; it is not broadened to the genus or a parent hybrid. Reviewed PDF: 441,864 bytes; SHA-256: eb65d1215fc6039a854315958a9bf3304e69a478b7e027134aaa9e50af63c295.

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Linked plant records (306)

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

PlantSource use
Aaron's beardHypericum calycinum fire evidence · 2
Adam's needleYucca filamentosa fire evidence · 1
American basswoodTilia americana fire evidence · 1
American beautyberryCallicarpa americana fire evidence · 2
American beechFagus grandifolia fire evidence · 1
American bittersweetCelastrus scandens fire evidence · 1
American black elderberrySambucus canadensis fire evidence · 1
American chestnutCastanea dentata fire evidence · 1
American cranberrybushViburnum trilobum 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 sycamorePlatanus occidentalis fire evidence · 1
American witchhazelHamamelis virginiana fire evidence · 2
appleMalus fire evidence · 2
arborvitaeThuja occidentalis fire evidence · 1
Atlantic white cedarChamaecyparis thyoides fire evidence · 1
Atlas cedarCedrus atlantica fire evidence · 1
Austrian pinePinus nigra fire evidence · 1
azaleasRhododendron fire evidence · 1
bald cypressTaxodium distichum fire evidence · 1
Beale's barberryMahonia bealei fire evidence · 1
bearberry cotoneasterCotoneaster dammeri fire evidence · 1
big blue lilyturfLiriope muscari fire evidence · 2
bigleaf periwinkleVinca major fire evidence · 2
bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata fire evidence · 1
bitternut hickoryCarya cordiformis fire evidence · 1
black ashFraxinus nigra fire evidence · 1
black cherryPrunus serotina fire evidence · 2
black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa fire evidence · 1
black locustRobinia pseudoacacia fire evidence · 1
black oakQuercus velutina fire evidence · 1
black walnutJuglans nigra fire evidence · 2
black willowSalix nigra fire evidence · 1
blackgumNyssa sylvatica fire evidence · 2
blackhawViburnum prunifolium fire evidence · 2
blackjack oakQuercus marilandica fire evidence · 1
blue sprucePicea pungens fire evidence · 1
Boston ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata fire evidence · 1
bottlebrush buckeyeAesculus parviflora fire evidence · 2
boxelderAcer negundo fire evidence · 2
bridalwreath spireaSpiraea prunifolia fire evidence · 2
Bukhara fleeceflowerPolygonum aubertii fire evidence · 1
Burkwood's viburnumViburnum x burkwoodii fire evidence · 1
burningbushEuonymus alatus fire evidence · 1
bursting-heartEuonymus americanus fire evidence · 1
butternutJuglans cinerea fire evidence · 1
Callery pearPyrus calleryana fire evidence · 1
camelliaCamellia japonica fire evidence · 1
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides fire evidence · 1
Carolina hemlockTsuga caroliniana fire evidence · 1
Carolina roseRosa carolina fire evidence · 1
Carolina silverbellHalesia carolina fire evidence · 1
Catawba rosebayRhododendron catawbiense fire evidence · 1
cherry laurelPrunus lauracerasus fire evidence · 1
cherry plumPrunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea' fire evidence · 1
chestnut oakQuercus prinus fire evidence · 1
ChinaberrytreeMelia azedarach fire evidence · 1
Chinese abeliaAbelia grandiflora fire evidence · 1
Chinese chestnutCastanea mollissima fire evidence · 1
Chinese elmUlmus parvifolia fire evidence · 2
Chinese hollyIlex cornuta 'Burfordii' fire evidence · 1
Chinese juniperJuniperus chinensis fire evidence · 1
Chinese magnoliaMagnolia x soulangiana fire evidence · 1
chinquapinCastanea pumila fire evidence · 1
Climbing HydrangeaHydrangea anomala petiolaris fire evidence · 1
coastal sweetpepperbushClethra alnifolia fire evidence · 2
cockspur hawthornCrataegus crus-galli fire evidence · 1
common boxBuxus sempervirens fire evidence · 1
common bugleAjuga reptans fire evidence · 2
common buttonbushCephalanthus occidentalis fire evidence · 1
common filbertCorylus avellana 'Contorted' fire evidence · 1
common hackberryCeltis occidentalis fire evidence · 2
common hoptreePtelea trifoliata fire evidence · 1
common lilacSyringa vulgaris fire evidence · 1
common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius fire evidence · 2
common pearPyrus communis fire evidence · 1
common periwinkleVinca minor fire evidence · 2
common persimmonDiospyros virginiana fire evidence · 2
common serviceberryAmelanchier arborea fire evidence · 2
common winterberryIlex verticillata fire evidence · 2
coralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus fire evidence · 1
corkscrew willowSalix matsudana 'Tortuosa' fire evidence · 1
cotoneasterCotoneaster salicifolia fire evidence · 1
crapemyrtleLagerstroemia indica fire evidence · 2
creeping juniperJuniperus horizontalis fire evidence · 1
Creeping JuniperJuniperus procumbens fire evidence · 1
creeping liriopeLiriope spicata fire evidence · 2
crossvineBignonia capreolata fire evidence · 1
cucumber treeMagnolia acuminata fire evidence · 1
Cyprus cedarCedrus libani fire evidence · 1
Darlington oakQuercus hemisphaerica fire evidence · 1
dawn redwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides fire evidence · 1
deerberryVaccinium stamineum fire evidence · 1
Deodar cedarCedrus deodara fire evidence · 1
devil's darning needlesClematis virginiana fire evidence · 1
devil's walkingstickAralia spinosa fire evidence · 1
dwarf lilyturfOphiopogon japonicum fire evidence · 2
early azaleaRhododendron prinophyllum fire evidence · 1
eastern baccharisBaccharis halimifolia fire evidence · 1
eastern cottonwoodPopulus deltoides fire evidence · 1
eastern hemlockTsuga canadensis fire evidence · 1
eastern poison ivyPhus radicans fire evidence · 1
eastern redbudCercis canadensis fire evidence · 2
eastern redcedarJuniperus virginiana fire evidence · 1
eastern sweetshrubCalycanthus floridus fire evidence · 2
eastern teaberryGaultheria procumbens fire evidence · 1
eastern white pinePinus strobus fire evidence · 1
English hollyIlex aquifolium fire evidence · 1
English yewTaxus baccata fire evidence · 1
European beechFagus sylvatica fire evidence · 1
European cranberrybushViburnum opulus fire evidence · 1
European privetLigustrum vulgare fire evidence · 1
European smoketreeCotinus coggygria fire evidence · 1
European white birchBetula pendula fire evidence · 1
evening trumpetflowerGelsemium sempervirens fire evidence · 1
false indigo bushAmorpha fruticosa fire evidence · 1
flame azaleaRhododendron calendulaceum fire evidence · 1
flowering almondPrunus glandulosa fire evidence · 1
flowering dogwoodCornus florida fire evidence · 2
flowering quinceChaenomeles speciosa fire evidence · 2
fragrant sumacRhus aromatica fire evidence · 2
Fraser firAbies fraseri fire evidence · 1
Fraser's photiniaPhotinia x fraseri fire evidence · 1
French hydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla fire evidence · 2
goldenrain treeKoelreuteria paniculata fire evidence · 2
goldflame honeysuckleLonicera x heckrottii fire evidence · 1
great laurelRhododendron maximum fire evidence · 1
green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica fire evidence · 1
hardy orangePoncirus trifoliata fire evidence · 1
highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum fire evidence · 2
highland doghobbleLeucothoe fontanesiana fire evidence · 1
Himalayan sweet boxSarcococca hookerana var. humilis fire evidence · 2
hinoki false cypressChamaecyparis obtusa fire evidence · 1
holly osmanthusOsmanthus heterophyllus fire evidence · 1
hollyleaved barberryMahonia aquifolium fire evidence · 1
honeylocustGleditsia triacanthos fire evidence · 1
hophornbeamOstrya virginiana fire evidence · 2
horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum fire evidence · 1
Hybrid yewTaxus xmedia fire evidence · 1
Ilex x meserveae hybridsIlex x meserveae hybrids fire evidence · 1
India-hawthornRaphiolepis indica fire evidence · 1
inkberryIlex glabra fire evidence · 1
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergi fire evidence · 1
Japanese black pinePinus thunbergiana fire evidence · 1
Japanese flowering cherryPrunus serrulata 'Kwanzan' fire evidence · 1
Japanese hollyIlex crenata fire evidence · 1
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica fire evidence · 1
Japanese laurelAucuba japonica fire evidence · 1
Japanese mapleAcer palmatum fire evidence · 2
Japanese pachysandraPachysandra terminalis fire evidence · 2
Japanese pierisPieris japonica fire evidence · 1
Japanese privetLigustrum japonicum fire evidence · 1
Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum var. tomentosum fire evidence · 1
Japanese spindletreeEuonymus japonicus fire evidence · 1
Japanese spiraeaSpiraea x bumalda fire evidence · 2
Japanese yewTaxus cuspidata fire evidence · 1
Japanese zelkovaZelkova serrata fire evidence · 1
jasmineJasminum nudiflorum fire evidence · 2
Kentucky coffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus fire evidence · 2
Kentucky yellowwoodCladrastis kentukea fire evidence · 2
kinnikinnickArctostaphylos uva-ursi fire evidence · 1
Koreanspice viburnumViburnum carlesi fire evidence · 2
kousa dogwoodCornus kousa var. chinensis fire evidence · 2
leather flowerClematis xjackmanii fire evidence · 1
leatherleaf arrowwoodViburnum rhytidophyllum fire evidence · 1
Leyland CypressX Cupressocyparis leylandii fire evidence · 1
Ligustrum x vicaryiLigustrum x vicaryi fire evidence · 1
lilac chastetreeVitex agnus-castus fire evidence · 1
littleleaf boxwoodBuxus microphylla var. koreana fire evidence · 1
littleleaf lindenTilia cordata fire evidence · 1
live oakQuercus virginiana fire evidence · 1
loblolly pinePinus taeda fire evidence · 1
London planePlatanus x acerifolia fire evidence · 1
longleaf pinePinus palustris fire evidence · 1
lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium fire evidence · 1
maidenhair treeGinkgo biloba fire evidence · 2
mapleleaf viburnumViburnum acerifolia fire evidence · 1
mockernut hickoryCarya tomentosa fire evidence · 1
mountain laurelKalmia latifolia fire evidence · 1
mountain mapleAcer spicatum fire evidence · 1
mugo pinePinus mugo fire evidence · 1
New Jersey teaCeanothus americanus fire evidence · 1
Northern bayberryMyrica pensylvanica fire evidence · 1
northern catalpaCatalpa speciosa fire evidence · 1
northern red oakQuercus rubra fire evidence · 1
northern spicebushLindera benzoin fire evidence · 1
Norway mapleAcer platanoides fire evidence · 1
Norway sprucePicea abies fire evidence · 1
oakleaf hydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia fire evidence · 2
oldfashioned weigelaWeigela florida fire evidence · 1
orange eye butterflybushBuddleja davidii fire evidence · 1
Oriental arborvitaePlatycladus orientalis fire evidence · 1
Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera fire evidence · 1
Ozark witchhazelHamamelis vernalis fire evidence · 2
panicled hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata fire evidence · 1
paper birchBetula papyrifera fire evidence · 1
paper mulberryBroussonetia papyrifera fire evidence · 1
pawpawAsimina triloba fire evidence · 2
peachPrunus persica fire evidence · 1
pecanCarya illinoensis fire evidence · 1
Persian lilacSyringa persica fire evidence · 1
pignut hickoryCarya glabra fire evidence · 1
pin oakQuercus palustris fire evidence · 1
pink azaleaRhododendron periclymenoides fire evidence · 1
pipevineAristolochia macrophylla fire evidence · 1
pitch pinePinus rigida fire evidence · 1
Piute cypressCupressus arizonica var. arizonica fire evidence · 1
post oakQuercus stellata fire evidence · 1
pricklypearOpuntia fire evidence · 2
princesstreePaulownia tomentosa fire evidence · 1
purple passionflowerPassiflora incarnata fire evidence · 1
pussy willowSalix discolor fire evidence · 1
red buckeyeAesculus pavia fire evidence · 2
red chokeberryAronia arbutifolia fire evidence · 1
red mapleAcer rubrum fire evidence · 1
red mulberryMorus rubra fire evidence · 1
redosier dogwoodCornus sericea fire evidence · 1
Rhododendron obtusumRhododendron obtusum fire evidence · 1
river birchBetula nigra fire evidence · 2
rockspray cotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis fire evidence · 1
Rocky Mountain juniperJuniperus scopulorum fire evidence · 1
roseRosa fire evidence · 1
rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus fire evidence · 2
roundleaf greenbrierSmilax rotundifolia fire evidence · 1
rugosa roseRosa rugosa fire evidence · 1
Russian oliveElaeagnus angustifolia fire evidence · 1
sacred bambooNandina domestica fire evidence · 1
Sasanqua camelliaCamellia sasanqua fire evidence · 1
sassafrasSassafras albidum fire evidence · 2
sawara-cypressChamaecyparis pisifera fire evidence · 1
scarlet firethornPyracantha coccinea fire evidence · 1
scarlet oakQuercus coccinea fire evidence · 1
Scotch broomCytisus scoparius fire evidence · 1
shagbark hickoryCarya ovata fire evidence · 1
Shining SumacRhus copallina fire evidence · 2
shortleaf pinePinus echinata fire evidence · 1
Showy forsythiaForsythia x intermedia fire evidence · 2
shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa fire evidence · 1
shrubby St. JohnswortHypericum prolificum fire evidence · 1
Siberian elmUlmus pumila fire evidence · 1
silktreeAlbizia julibrissin fire evidence · 1
silver mapleAcer saccharinum fire evidence · 1
slender pride of RochesterDeutzia gracilis fire evidence · 1
slippery elmUlmus rubra fire evidence · 1
smooth sumacRhus glabra fire evidence · 2
Snowmound SpiraeaSpiraea nipponica fire evidence · 1
sourwoodOxydendrum arboreum fire evidence · 2
southern arrowwoodViburnum dentatum fire evidence · 2
southern bush honeysuckleDiervilla sessilifolia fire evidence · 1
southern catalpaCatalpa bignonioides fire evidence · 2
southern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora fire evidence · 1
southern red oakQuercus falcata fire evidence · 1
speckled alderAlnus rugosa (or serrulata) fire evidence · 1
Spiraea vanhoutteiSpiraea vanhouttei fire evidence · 1
staghorn sumacRhus typhina fire evidence · 1
star magnoliaMagnolia stellata fire evidence · 1
stonecropSedum fire evidence · 2
striped mapleAcer pensylvanicum fire evidence · 1
sugar mapleAcer saccharum fire evidence · 1
sugarberryCeltis laevigata fire evidence · 2
swamp doghobbleLeucothoe racemosa fire evidence · 1
swamp white oakQuercus bicolor fire evidence · 1
sweet birchBetula lenta fire evidence · 1
sweet breath of springLonicera fragrantissima fire evidence · 1
sweet fernComptonia peregrina fire evidence · 1
sweet mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius fire evidence · 2
sweetbayMagnolia virginiana fire evidence · 1
sweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua fire evidence · 2
Table Mountain pinePinus pungens fire evidence · 1
Tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tatarica fire evidence · 1
temple juniperJuniperus conferta fire evidence · 1
thorny oliveElaeagnus pungens fire evidence · 1
topel hollyIlex x attenuata hybrids fire evidence · 1
trumpet creeperCampsis radicans fire evidence · 1
trumpet honeysuckleLonicera sempervirens fire evidence · 1
tuliptreeLiriodendron tulipifera fire evidence · 2
umbrella-treeMagnolia tripetala fire evidence · 1
Virginia creeperParthenocissus quinquifolia fire evidence · 1
Virginia pinePinus virginiana fire evidence · 1
Virginia roseRosa virginiana fire evidence · 1
Virginia sweetspireItea virginica fire evidence · 2
Washington hawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum fire evidence · 1
water oakQuercus nigra fire evidence · 1
wax myrtleMorella cerifera fire evidence · 1
Weeping willowSalix babylonica fire evidence · 1
white ashFraxinus americana fire evidence · 1
white firAbies concolor fire evidence · 1
white fringetreeChionanthus virginicus fire evidence · 2
white mulberryMorus alba fire evidence · 1
white oakQuercus alba fire evidence · 1
white poplarPopulus alba fire evidence · 1
white sprucePicea glauca fire evidence · 1
wild hydrangeaHydrangea arborescens fire evidence · 2
willow oakQuercus phellos fire evidence · 1
winged elmUlmus alata fire evidence · 1
winter creeperEuonymus fortunei fire evidence · 2
winter daphneDaphne odora fire evidence · 1
winter-flowering cherryPrunus subhirtella 'Pendula' fire evidence · 1
wintergreen barberryBerberis julianae fire evidence · 1
yauponIlex vomitoria fire evidence · 1
yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis fire evidence · 1
yellow passionflowerPassiflora lutea fire evidence · 1
Yoshino cherryPrunus x yedoensis fire evidence · 1

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