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Hornbeams Carpinus

This hub compares 2 species records. Across all 3 records, it carries 16 evidence rows from 12 distinct cited sources. The species split is 2 fire-resistant. 1 genus-rank record is shown separately; genus-rank claims do not override a species record, and species evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: hornbeam Carpinus Fire-resistant Limited evidence 1 source rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Fire-resistant: 2 species

American hornbeam Fire-resistant Carpinus caroliniana Consensus · 9 sources Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑
European hornbeam Fire-resistant Carpinus betulus Consensus · 6 sources Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑

About hornbeams

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: tree. The records span published USDA zones 5–5. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Carpinus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated hornbeams grow

Tagged as growing in 34 states.

See Carpinus on Grow → · JSON