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Hollies Ilex

The rated Ilex records split: 5 fire-resistant, 6 keep-away, 2 in documented conflict. These counts describe the cited records — 18 records carrying 163 evidence rows from 34 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: holly Ilex sp. Keep away Limited evidence 7 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

5 species

Keep away

5 species

Documented conflict

2 species

honest ties — treat conservatively near structures
Awaiting evidence

5 species

About hollies

Corpus context. Ilex is the directory's #17 largest of 550 genus groups: 18 records carrying 163 evidence rows from 34 cited sources, recorded as shrub, tree , hardy across USDA zones 4–8. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

Where rated hollies grow

Tagged as growing in 40 states.

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