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zahl Jan 8, 2025

If you're nervously watching the #LA fires, and wondering what kind of fireproofing you could do personally, there's actually a decent amount you can do via landscaping. See native #chaparral plants are cool in that they either don't catch fire easily or they go up in flames quickly. If you plant the first set, and follow other fire rules, you might save your house. Greg #Rubin has the research, mostly SoCal based. Last I heard, he hasn't lost a house yet.

https://ebcnps.org/events/using-native-plants-for-fire-resistant-landscapes-2020-10/

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Using Native Plants for Fire Resistant Landscapes

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zahl

I love love love #LasPiltas #nativeplants nursery for having done field research of seeing how long it takes for a propane torch to light a plant on fire:

https://www.laspilitas.com/classes/fire_burn_times.html

I wish they'd do a round two with non-native plants, but I guess that's not their stock.

Generally, unwatered natives do better than watered non-natives.
#firescaping

Leaf burn times of California native plants.

Ignition time of leaves of some California native plants and garden plants. Native plant flammability.