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Catalpa Catalpa

Most rated Catalpa records are fire-resistant — 2 of 3 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 3 records carrying 17 evidence rows from 13 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Western catalpa Catalpa Fire-resistant 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. ›

Fire-resistant

1 species

Northern catalpa Fire-resistant Catalpa speciosa Consensus · 10 sources Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑

Documented conflict

1 species

honest ties — treat conservatively near structures

Southern catalpa Documented conflict Catalpa bignonioides the Eastern US Fire Performance Plant Selector says low · Guía de pirojardinería says high Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑

About Catalpa

Corpus context. Catalpa is the directory's #272 largest of 550 genus groups: 3 records carrying 17 evidence rows from 13 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 4–8. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated Catalpa grow

Tagged as growing in 46 states.

See Catalpa on Grow → · JSON