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Tupelos Nyssa

Every rated Nyssa record is fire-resistant — 2 of 2 records; none is condemned. These counts describe the cited records — 2 records carrying 23 evidence rows from 12 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Fire-resistant

2 species

Black gum Fire-resistant Nyssa sylvatica Consensus · 22 sources Zones 5–5
Water tupelo Fire-resistant Nyssa aquatica Limited evidence · 1 source Zones 7–7

About tupelos

Corpus context. Nyssa is the directory's #487 largest of 550 genus groups: 2 records carrying 23 evidence rows from 12 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 5–7. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated tupelos grow

Tagged as growing in 33 states.

See Nyssa on Grow → · JSON