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Hophornbeams Ostrya

Every rated Ostrya record is fire-resistant — 2 of 3 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is condemned. These counts describe the cited records — 3 records carrying 15 evidence rows from 8 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: hophornbeam Ostrya Fire-resistant 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

1 species

Hophornbeam Fire-resistant Ostrya virginiana Consensus · 13 sources Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑

Awaiting evidence

1 species

European hophornbeam Awaiting evidence Ostrya carpinifolia Mid-scale score · 1 source Zones 5–5 genus-level claims ↑

About hophornbeams

Corpus context. Ostrya is the directory's #332 largest of 550 genus groups: 3 records carrying 15 evidence rows from 8 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 5–5. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated hophornbeams grow

Tagged as growing in 39 states.

See Ostrya on Grow → · JSON