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Bittersweets
Every rated Celastrus record is keep-away — 2 of 4 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 4 records carrying 6 evidence rows from 6 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Bittersweet Celastrus spp. Keep away 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.
› Keep away
1 species
Awaiting evidence
2 species
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Bittersweet Awaiting evidence Celastrus scandens - Celastrus paniculatus Awaiting evidence Celastrus paniculatus
About bittersweets
Corpus context. Celastrus is the directory's #188 largest of 550 genus groups: 4 records carrying 6 evidence rows from 6 cited sources, recorded as vine , hardy across USDA zones 3–5. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Celastrus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.
The answer for bittersweets is no. Here is what to plant instead.
Alternatives matched by form and place, each carrying its own evidence.