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Alfalfas Medicago

Every rated Medicago record is fire-resistant — 3 of 4 records; none is condemned. These counts describe the cited records — 4 records carrying 11 evidence rows from 8 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Fire-resistant

3 species

Alfalfa Fire-resistant Medicago sativa Consensus · 6 sources Zones 3–3
Alfalfa arbórea Fire-resistant Medicago arborea Limited evidence · 1 source
Grazer Alfalfa Fire-resistant Medicago hybrid Limited evidence · 1 source

Awaiting evidence

1 species

Medicago ruthenica Awaiting evidence Medicago ruthenica Limited evidence · 3 sources

About alfalfas

Corpus context. Medicago is the directory's #217 largest of 550 genus groups: 4 records carrying 11 evidence rows from 8 cited sources, recorded as shrub, perennial, grass , hardy across USDA zones 3–3. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated alfalfas grow

Tagged as growing in 53 states.

See Medicago on Grow → · JSON