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Peppertrees Schinus

Every rated Schinus record is fire-resistant — 2 of 5 records; none is condemned. These counts describe the cited records — 5 records carrying 45 evidence rows from 14 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Fire-resistant

2 species

Brazilian peppertree Fire-resistant Schinus terebinthifolius Consensus · 14 sources Zones 9–9
California pepper Fire-resistant Schinus molle Consensus · 3 sources

Awaiting evidence

3 species

Schinus patagonicus Awaiting evidence Schinus patagonicus Limited evidence · 24 sources
Schinus johnstonii Awaiting evidence Schinus johnstonii Limited evidence · 2 sources
Schinus marchandii Awaiting evidence Schinus marchandii Mid-scale score · 2 sources

About peppertrees

Corpus context. Schinus is the directory's #171 largest of 550 genus groups: 5 records carrying 45 evidence rows from 14 cited sources, recorded as shrub, tree , hardy across USDA zones 9–9. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

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

Where rated peppertrees grow

Tagged as growing in 7 states.

See Schinus on Grow → · JSON