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Agave
Every rated Agave record is keep-away — 1 of 7 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 7 records carrying 14 evidence rows from 9 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Agave Agave sp. Awaiting evidence Limited evidence 2 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Keep away
1 species
Awaiting evidence
5 species
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mescal/Parry’s agave Awaiting evidence Agave parryi - Agave Awaiting evidence Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave, Squid Awaiting evidence Agave bracteosa
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Century Plant Awaiting evidence Agave havardiana - Pita Awaiting evidence Agave americana
About Agave
Corpus context. Agave is the directory's #88 largest of 550 genus groups: 7 records carrying 14 evidence rows from 9 cited sources, recorded as perennial, succulent, shrub . Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Agave: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.
The answer for Agave is no. Here is what to plant instead.
Alternatives matched by form and place, each carrying its own evidence.