Firewise Native Perennials
Firewise does not mean fireproof, but we can follow practices that increase the fire-resistance around our homes. Plants that are fire resistant share the following characteristics: leaves are moist and supple, stems and branches are moist and not dry or dead, any sap or resin is low and water-like. Avoid planting highly flammable plants close to your home (examples: Juniper or arborvitae) and avoid using decorative bark mulch.
Examples of plants that are native and fire resistant:
1. Ground Covers, pink pussytoes, kinnikinnick
2. Perennials such as yarrow, columbine, coneflower, blanket flower, geranium (grayleaf cranesbill), blue flax, lupine, penstemon, and yucca
3. Shrubs such as rocky mountain maple, serviceberry, redosier dogwood, mock orange, sand cherry, flowering current, and woods rose.
4. Trees such as western larch, ponderosa pine, hackberry, quaking aspen, chokecherry, and mountain ash.
More information can be found at https://idahofirewise.org