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Escallonia appears on-list in the evidence table. That opening reports the computed planting position before its stated evidence qualifications.
A limited evidence basis accompanies the result. Returning to the cited rows shows the support level without turning it into a second outcome.
The page holds a genus-rank umbrella record for Escallonia. The source evidence keeps the conclusion at its printed rank, so the on-list direction is not inherited automatically by individual species. Each accepted fact answers its own question. This arrangement protects both source meaning and the reader's next decision.
Form
shrub
Rated in
Catalonia, Spain
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.
Where its sources say to plant it
Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating.
They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.
Guía de pirojardinería: suitable inside or outside the 25-metre maximum-risk zone [girona-2020-iuf-25m-suitability] (with its recommendation)
The evidence
Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself
(a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or
republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.
Escallonia spp. is rated “RECOMENDADA” by the guide's qualitative IUF garden-suitability method. The method assumes species-specific care and integrates fire evidence with fuel structure, maintenance, origin, invasiveness, and expert fire-service experience.