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Iris
Every rated Iris record is fire-resistant — 5 of 11 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is condemned. These counts describe the cited records — 11 records carrying 36 evidence rows from 27 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Tall bearded iris Iris Fire-resistant Consensus 15 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
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Rated as a group: Iris (note: Yellow Flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus, is invasive and should not be planted) Iris hybrids Awaiting evidence 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
4 species
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Bearded Iris Fire-resistant Iris germanica -
Missouri iris Fire-resistant Iris missouriensis -
Crested iris Fire-resistant Iris cristata - Lirio amarillo Fire-resistant Iris pseudacorus
Awaiting evidence
5 species
- Douglas iris Awaiting evidence Iris douglasiana
- Iris Awaiting evidence Iris setosa
- Iris Awaiting evidence Iris sibirica
- Iris, Hartweg's Awaiting evidence Iris hartwegii
- Winter Iris Awaiting evidence Iris unguicularis
About Iris
Corpus context. Iris is the directory's #49 largest of 550 genus groups: 11 records carrying 36 evidence rows from 27 cited sources, recorded as perennial, shrub , hardy across USDA zones 3–10. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Iris: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.