Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Defensible Space

The purpose of this report is to provide information on the properties of some common California landscaping plants that can be used to determine how a particular plant will behave when burned. It is a referenced database that compiles the information found in available lists and supplements information on plant characteristics that are known to affect fire performance.

The link address is: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/fire/resources/Firewise-Plant-List_WUI.pdf