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Chestnuts Castanea

Most rated Castanea records are fire-resistant — 2 of 4 records. These counts describe the cited records — 4 records carrying 49 evidence rows from 15 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Fire-resistant

2 species

American chestnut Fire-resistant Castanea dentata Limited evidence · 7 sources Zones 5–5
Chinquapin Fire-resistant Castanea pumila Limited evidence · 7 sources Zones 5–5

Documented conflict

1 species

honest ties — treat conservatively near structures

Sweet chestnut Documented conflict Castanea sativa Guía de pirojardinería says low · the INRA Avignon fire laboratory says high

Awaiting evidence

1 species

Chinese chestnut Awaiting evidence Castanea mollissima Mid-scale score · 8 sources Zones 5–5

About chestnuts

Corpus context. Castanea is the directory's #186 largest of 550 genus groups: 4 records carrying 49 evidence rows from 15 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 5–5. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated chestnuts grow

Tagged as growing in 33 states.

See Castanea on Grow → · JSON