Fire-Retardant Plants 

Listed by Common Name

• Arizona Sycamore (Deciduous Tree)
• Autumn Sage (Evergreen Shrub)
• Blue Fescue (Ornamental Grass)
• Blue Oat Grass (Ornamental Grass)
• California Fuchsia (Perennial)
• Century Plant (Succulent)
• Deer Grass (Ornamental Grass)
• Dwarf Coyote Bush (Evergreen Shrub)
• European Olive (Evergreen Tree)
• Fortnight Lily (Evergreen Perennial)
• French Lavender (Evergreen Shrub)
• Hairy Yerba Santa (Shrub)
• Heavenly Bamboo (Evergreen Shrub)
• Ice Plant (Succulent)
• Iris (Rhizome)
• Jade Plant (Succulent)
• Japanese Mock Orange (Evergreen Shrub)
• Kangaroo Paw (Evergreen Perennial)
• Manzanita (Evergreen Shrub)
• Mexican Blue Palm (Palm)
• Mexican Palo Verde, Jerusalem Thorn (Small Tree)
• Mediterranean Saltbush
• Monkey Flower (Perennial)
• Poverty Weed (Perennial)
• Purple Sage (Evergreen Shrub)
• Rockrose (Evergreen Shrub)
• Society Garlic (Perennial)
• Spanish Lavender (Evergreen Shrub)
• Statice or Sea Lavender (Perennial)
• Sweet William (Perennial)
• Toyon, Christmas Berry (Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree)
• Valley Oak (Deciduous Tree)
• Verbena (Perennial)
• Wooly Blue Curls (Evergreen Shrub)
• Yucca, Our Lord's Candle (Evergreen Perennial)

Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Kangaroo Paw ~ Jade Plant ~ Heavenly Bamboo

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Kangaroo Paw

Jade Plant

Heavenly Bamboo

Protect Your Home from Brush Fires 

Create a Defensible Space

• Clear away dry grass, brush, and dead leaves within 30 feet from your home.
• Focus on low-growing, fire-retardant ornamental plants in your landscape design.
• Regularly prune all plants to remove dead wood, excess stems, and branches.
• Trees and large shrubs should be placed at least 10 feet apart from each other, and away from your home. Trees should never overhang your roof.
• For trees 18-feet tall or more, prune lower branches 6 feet off the ground to help prevent ground fires from spreading into treetops.
• Firewood and scrap woodpiles should be stacked at least 30 feet from any structures, especially your home. Clear away flammable vegetation located within 10 feet of woodpiles.
• Butane and propane tanks should be kept at least 30 feet from any structures. Clear away flammable vegetation located within 10 feet of butane or propane tanks.
• Water just enough to keep plants healthy. Too much promotes excess plant growth and creates more potential fire fuel, while too little lowers the moisture content and causes plants to burn more readily.
• Most importantly, the 30-foot defensible space must be maintained regularly in order to be effective.
• Note: In extremely hazardous areas, the California Public Resources Code, Section 4291, requires clearance of flammable vegetation for a minimum distance of 30 to 100 feet from structures.

Firescaping Resources 

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Introduction to California Chaparral (California Natural History Guides)

by Ronald D. Quinn, Sterling C. Keeley

Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 08/28/2008)

Landscape Plants For Dry Regions: More Than 600 Species From Around The World

by Warren Jones, Charles Sacamano

Amazon Price: $28.85 (as of 08/28/2008)

Plants And Landscapes For Summer-dry Climates Of The San Francisco Bay Region

by East Bay Municipal Utility District

Amazon Price: $31.45 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire, Chaparral, And Survival In Southern California

by Richard W. Halsey

Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 08/28/2008)

Firescaping: Creating Fire-resistant Landscapes, Gardens, And Properties In California's Diverse Environments

by Douglas Kent

Amazon Price: $14.21 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Rockrose ~ Verbena ~ French Lavender

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Rockrose

Verbena

French Lavender

This Lens Supports the Squidoo Fire Aid Challenge 

Benefiting the Squidoo Charity Fund

Squidoo Headquarters has earmarked 50% of the funds generated from the Squidoo Charity Fund lens royalties from both the months of October and November 2007 to be donated to aid the fire victims.

Megan has already donated of $1,000 from the Squidoo Charity Fund from previous months directly to the Relief Efforts for the fire victims.

© 2007 LensDoc (Kirsti A. Dyer)
Squidoo Fire Aid Challenge

Firefighting Fundamentals 

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The Heart Behind the Hero

Amazon Price: $19.16 (as of 08/28/2008)

Wildland Firefighting Fundamentals

by William C. Teie

Amazon Price: $11.95 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire in Their Eyes: Wildfires and the People Who Fight Them

Amazon Price: $8.80 (as of 08/28/2008)

Wall of Flame: The Heroic Battle to Save Southern California

by Erich Krauss

Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 08/28/2008)

Firefighter's Handbook on Wildland Firefighting: Strategy, Tactics and Safety

by William C. Teie

Amazon Price: $57.95 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Manzanita ~ Olive Tree ~ Yucca

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Manzanita

Olive Tree

Yucca (Our Lord's Candle)

Fire Ecology 

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Stories from the Front Lines 

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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire

by John N. Maclean

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 08/28/2008)

Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire

by Murry A. Taylor

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon

by Stephen J. Pyne

Amazon Price: $25.00 (as of 08/28/2008)

Smokechasing

by Stephen J. Pyne

Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 08/28/2008)

Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires

by John N. Maclean

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Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Valley Oak ~ Coyote Bush ~ Arizona Sycamore

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Valley Oak

Coyote Bush

Arizona Sycamore

Fighting Fire 

Up Close & Personal...

Rescue Me 

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Rescue Me - The Complete First Season

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Rescue Me - The Complete Second Season

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Rescue Me - The Complete Third Season

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Rescue Me Three Season Pack (The Complete Seasons 1-3)

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Rescue Me

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Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Purple Sage ~ Statice ~ Society Garlic

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Purple Sage

Statice

Society Garlic

The California Fires & How You Can Help 

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Squidoo Fire Aid - Using the Internet to Aid California Fire Survivors

All Squidoo lensmasters are encouraged to create a lens or two or even three as part of the SquidAid and the Squidoo Fire Aid Challenge to benefit California Fire Survivors. We're asking all Squidoo lensmasters to make a lens or two or three with fun...

Southern California Fires - Information, Donations, & Technology

California Fires of October 2007 have already caused untold damage, displacing more than a million people and causing over a billion in losses. You can help the survivors of the fires by donating cash to help in funding relief efforts. FEMA (The Fede...

Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Iris ~ Sweet William ~ Fortnight Lily

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Iris

Sweet William

Fortnight Lily

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Fire-Retardant Plant Gallery 

Ice Plant ~ Century Plant ~ California Fuchsia

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Ice Plant

Century Plant

California Fuchsia

Please Sign the Guestbook 

ElizabethJeanAllen Not living in a state prone to fires, it never occured to me to plant fire retardant plants. We learn something new everyday. Great lens Lizzy Posted August 21, 2008

EditorDave What an informational and helpful Lens! I've lensrolled you and favorited you! Beautiful job! I'm also linking to it from my Forest Fires lens! Posted August 10, 2008

Joan4 Well done! Great lens! Important information for all of us! Thank you! Posted August 10, 2008

eccles1 What a great lens !! Posted June 03, 2008

JanaMurray What an amazing idea, beauty and safety for your home! Thanks, I love to learn about and share this kind of information. Posted April 01, 2008

grandmaster wow what a lens! amazing info, but i see everyone's much used to it ,) i'm new to your lens collection, but i'll be getting acquainted with it in the next couple of days for sure ,) don't know why i picked this one first...... spent some years in australia, so i can relate, to an extent........ i especially like the fire ecology bit! 5* for this one, and i'm definitely joining your club! cheers for that comment on my lens! ,) Posted March 28, 2008

Recession-Proof This lens is great Kim, As a longtime Hotshot Wildland firefighter I was really pleased to see how creative you are with mixing two separate themes - this is an awesome lens. Keep up the great work. Jesse Posted March 12, 2008

Christopher_Scott Another great lens from the Giant Squid! Posted November 27, 2007

flowergardener Very cool, Kim! Thank you for submitting this awesome resource to my group, and welcome to the Flowers, Flowers, and more Flowers group! Posted November 20, 2007

rms Fantastic lens, as usual! I've lensrolled this onto my SquidAid lenses! Posted November 13, 2007

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