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Hemlocks
Every rated Tsuga record is keep-away — 3 of 5 records, including the genus rated as a group; none is rated fire-resistant. These counts describe the cited records — 5 records carrying 37 evidence rows from 15 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Hemlock Tsuga sp. Keep away Limited evidence 3 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Keep away
2 species
Awaiting evidence
2 species
- Hemlock, mountain Awaiting evidence Tsuga mertensiana
- Tsuga heterophylla Awaiting evidence Tsuga heterophylla
About hemlocks
Corpus context. Tsuga is the directory's #173 largest of 550 genus groups: 5 records carrying 37 evidence rows from 15 cited sources, recorded as tree , hardy across USDA zones 4–5. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Tsuga: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.
The answer for hemlocks is no. Here is what to plant instead.
Alternatives matched by form and place, each carrying its own evidence.