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Additional Resources - Homeowners's Guide for Flood, Debris and Erosion Control
III. OTHER PROPERTY PROTECTION MEASURES
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PLANTING

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department's Forestry Division recommends the following may be contacted for additional information on noninvasive, fire-resistant and erosion-resistant trees, shrubs, ground covers, and grasses:

County of Los Angeles
Fire Department Prevention Bureau
Forestry Division
5823 Rickenbacker Road, Rm #123
Commerce, CA 90040-3027
(323) 890-4330
fire.lacounty.gov/forestry/forestry.asp
The Arboretum
County of Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA 91007-2697
(626) 821-3222
www.arboretum.org
 
United States Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station
Forest Fire Laboratory
4955 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507-6071
(951) 680-1500
www.fs.fed.us/psw/rfl
County of Los Angeles
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation
26300 Crenshaw Boulevard
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274-2515
(310) 544-1948
www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org
 
The Theodore Payne Foundation
For Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc.   
10459 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, CA 91352-2126
(818) 768-1802
www.theodorepayne.org
County of Los Angeles
Descanso Gardens
1418 Descanso Drive
La Cañada, Flintridge, CA 91011-3102
(818) 949-4200
www.descansogardens.org
 
California Native Plant Society
Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountain Chapter     
15811 Leadwell Street
Van Nuys, CA 91406-3113
(818) 881-3706
lasmmcnps.org
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 North College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-3157
(909) 625-8767
www.rsabg.org
 
California Invasive Plant Council
1442-A Walnut St. #462
Berkeley, CA 94709-1405
(510) 843-3902
www.cal-ipc.org
City of Los Angeles
Department of Parks and Recreation
Charles F. Lummis Home (El Alisal)
and Garden
200 E. Avenue 43rd
Los Angeles, CA 90031-1304
(323) 222-0546
www.socalhistory.org