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Cottonwoods Populus

This hub compares 11 species records. Across all 12 records, it carries 136 evidence rows from 47 distinct cited sources. The species split is 7 fire-resistant and 4 awaiting directional evidence. 1 genus-rank record is shown separately; genus-rank claims do not override a species record, and species evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: cottonwood Populus sp. Fire-resistant Majority — dissent on page 25 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: 7 species

Awaiting evidence: 4 species

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Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: tree. The records span published USDA zones 1–8. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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