Garden fire questions (answer a,b,c,d,e if needed) Print and
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1. Which is least flammable in a September California garden?
__ a. An Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica) on drip irrigation
(alive, no dead foliage)
__ b. A apple tree in an orchard (alive, no dead foliage)
__ c. A Redwood deck
__ d. A Herb garden on drip (alive, no dead foliage)
__ e. An unwatered
Ceanothus,
California
Mountain
Lilac (alive, no dead foliage)
2. Which burns faster?
__a. Dead weeds such as mustard, thistles and annual grasses
__b. Greasewood,
Adenostoma
(unwatered)
__c.
Sage, Salvia
plants
(unwatered)
__d.
Manzanita
(unwatered)
__e. Sumac,
Rhus
(unwatered)
3. Which causes greater erosion ?
__a.. Seeding grasses
__b. Leave the slopes alone
4. List in order of flammability
__a.
Buddleja davidi ('Butterfly
bush')
(regular water)
__b.
Ivy, Algerian (regular water)
__c.
Oleander(on drip)
__d. San
Diego
Sage,
Salvia munzii (unwatered)
__e. Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia(unwatered)
5. What is the common flame height of oak leaf mulch or shredded
redwood bark?
__a. it doesn't burn
__b. about 1 inch
__c. about a foot
__d. about three feet
__e. about 10 feet
6. To make your home firesafe this is important
__a. Do consistent
garden
hygiene
__b. Select plants carefully
__c. Be
weed
free
__d. Limited planting
__e. Limit shade structures
7. Which appears to be more effective in reducing flammability in a
native garden?
__a. Weekly watering on
drip.
__b. A wash off watering once a week or so with a hose or sprinkler.
__c. Daily watering on
drip.
__d. Replacing native plants with garden plants
__e.
Weed
control
8. Which is a better predictor of a wildfire?
__a. Length of Drought
__b. Rainfall from the year before
__c. Days above 95F.
__d. Spring Drought
__e. El Nino or La Nina
9. How much flame height can a mowed field have with wind behind
it?
__a.
it doesn't burn
__b.
about 1 inch
__c. about a foot
__d. about three feet
__e. about 10 feet
10. Which is the smallest threat to your home in a fire storm?
(Assuming you have a maintained 60 foot zone around the home.(
see Cohen, 1999))
__a. The neighboring openspace.
__b. Your neighbors home.
__c. Embers falling from the sky.
__d.
Garden
hygiene, no wood pile, weed pile or junk
__e. Deck Furniture, awnings and deck themselves.
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