Fire Resistant Plants
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Fire resistant plants are important for protecting your home against
wildfires.
Here is a list of plants that the fire department in Park City, Utah provided. It's a good list for communities in the Rocky Mountains. If you live outside that area, your own fire department will likely have an appropriate list. If you email it to us (with their permission), we'll be happy to add it to this site so others can make use of it.
Plants marked in aqua are said to be drought tolerant.
Trees
| Common Name |
Latin Name |
| Chokecherry |
prunus maackii |
| Aspen |
populus |
| Bird Cherry |
prunus padus |
| Box Elder |
acer negundo |
| Crabapple |
malus |
| Dogwood |
cornus |
| Maple |
acer |
| Poplar |
poplus |
| Quercus |
quercus bicolor
quercus rubra |
| Redbud |
circis |
| Willow |
salix |
Shrubs
| Common Name |
Latin Name |
| Bush Cherry |
prunus virginiana |
| Bush honesuckle |
lonicera |
| Cotoneaster |
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| Thyme |
thymus vulgaris |
| Currant |
ribes |
| Forsythia |
forsythia x intermedia |
| Lilac |
syringa vulgaris |
| Oregon Grape |
mahonia |
| Red Hot Poker |
kniphofia uvaria |
| Rose |
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| Rose of Sharon |
hibiscus syriacus |
| Serviceberry |
amelanchier alnifolia |
| Staghorn Sumac |
rhus typhina |
| Utah Agave |
Agave utahensis |
| White Alder |
tenuifolia |
| White Yarrow |
achillea millefolium |
Perennial Wildflowers
| Common Name |
Latin Name |
| Candytuft |
iberis |
| Columbine |
aquilegia caerulea |
| Day Lily |
hemerocallis |
| Dusty Miller |
artemisia stellerana
centaurea cineraria |
| Flax |
linum |
| Gaillardia |
grandiflora |
| Iris |
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| Lambs Ear |
stachys |
| Lupine |
lupinus argenteus |
| Penstemon |
penstemonus barbatus |
| Pinks |
dianthus chinensis |
| Poppy |
callirhoe involucrata |
| Primrose |
primula malacoides |
| Shasta Daisy |
chrysanthemum maximum |
| Yellow Yarrow |
achillea filipendulina |
| Coreopsis |
coreopsis auriculata |
Ground Covers
| Common Name |
Latin Name |
| Carpet bugle |
ajuga reptans |
| Clover |
trifolium repens |
| Creeping Red Fescue |
festuca rubra |
| Creeping Thyme |
thymus praecox articus
thymus drucei |
| Ice Plant |
delosperma spp. |
| Rice Grass |
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| Sedum |
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| Vinca |
vinca major |
| Tall Fescue |
festuca elatior |
| Strawberry |
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| Snow-in-the-Summer |
cerastium |
| Squaw Carpet |
ceonothis |
| Thrift |
armeria |
| Virginia Creeper |
parthenocisus inserta |
| Wheat Grass |
aglaonema |
| Yarrow |
achillea clavennae |
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