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Willows
Most rated Salix records are fire-resistant — 8 of 24 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 24 records carrying 88 evidence rows from 33 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Willow Salix Fire-resistant Consensus 14 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: Willow Salix spp. Awaiting evidence Mid-scale score 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
7 species
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Black willow Fire-resistant Salix nigra -
White willow Fire-resistant Salix alba -
Crack willow Fire-resistant Salix fragilis -
Pussy willow Fire-resistant Salix discolor -
Carolina willow Fire-resistant Salix caroliniana -
Dwarf Blue Arctic Willow Fire-resistant Salix purpurea -
Salix eleagnos Fire-resistant Salix angustifolia
Documented conflict
2 species
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Contorted willow Documented conflict Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' -
Weeping willow Documented conflict Salix babylonica
Awaiting evidence
13 species
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Dappled Willow Awaiting evidence Salix integra - Peachleaf Willow Awaiting evidence Salix amygdaloides
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French Pussy Willow Awaiting evidence Salix caprea - Salix glauca Awaiting evidence Salix glauca
- Salix microstachya Awaiting evidence Salix microstachya
- Salix miyabeana Awaiting evidence Salix miyabeana
- Salix pierotii Awaiting evidence Salix pierotii
- Salix rorida Awaiting evidence Salix rorida
- Salix rosmarinifolia Awaiting evidence Salix rosmarinifolia
- Salix viminalis Awaiting evidence Salix viminalis
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Golden Willow Awaiting evidence Salix lutea -
Pencil Willow Awaiting evidence Salix chilensis -
Scouler Willow Awaiting evidence Salix scouleriana
About willows
Corpus context. Salix is the directory's #11 largest of 550 genus groups: 24 records carrying 88 evidence rows from 33 cited sources, recorded as shrub, tree , hardy across USDA zones 2–9. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Salix: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.