List of Fire Resistant Plants

TREES:

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia)
Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)
Big-toothed maple (Acer grandidentatum)
Green ash (Fraxinus virginiana)
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Boxelder (Acer negundo)

SMALL TREES, SHRUBS, WOODY PLANTS, & FORBS:

Skunkbush sumac (Rhus trilobata)
Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
Wavyleaf oak (Quercus undulata)
Flowering or fragrant ash (Fraxinus cuspidata)
Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
New Mexico olive (or privet, or Forestiera) (Forestiera neomexicana)
Native plum (Prunus ameriana)
Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa)
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus spp.)
New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana)
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Mockorange (Philadelphus spp.)
Littleaf sumac (Rhus microphylla)
Silver buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)
Russett buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)
Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruiticosa)
Rocky Mountain zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)
Rocky Mountain penstemon (Penstemon strictus)
Fendler brush (Antelope brush) (Fendlera rupicola)
Roses (Rose family) (Rosaceae)
Black sage (Artemisia nova)
Ocean spray or Mountain spray (Holodiscus spp.)
Wild raspberry (Rubus spp.)
Deerbrush or buckbrush (Ceanothus spp.)
Wild grape (Vitis arizonica)
Winterfat (Eurotia spp.)
Eriogonum (Eriogonum raggaii or jamesii)
Canadian violet (Viola Canadensis): forb for well-shaded north-facing slopes
Pussytoes (Antennaria spp.) forbs
Four O'clock (Mirabilis spp.)
Common juniper (Juniperus communis)
Kinnickinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Willow (Salix spp.) Requires substantial supplemental mositure on dry sites
Gooseberries and currants (Ribes spp.)
Velvet ash (Fraxinus velutina)
Red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
Alder (Alnus spp.) Need for substantial supplemental watering likely ServeContent