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Salix eleagnos is on-list in the evidence table. A 2019 source includes the tree in its native-or-forest column of recommended low-flammability species.
The record is filed as Salix angustifolia with Salix eleagnos as its accepted name. That naming relationship preserves the cited taxon but does not add another directional source. The exact recommendation remains in the source row.
One ecological report separately records introduced-established status across the lower 48. With only the 2019 fire row, the page stays limited evidence. The evidence table keeps that status separate from the on-list direction.
Form
tree
Rated in
Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
Fire ecology context
Placement evidence
Evidence regions
Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean
Maintenance
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Documented in CT, MA, MD, ME, NY, SC, WI.
Native range
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
How to read this page
The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.
The evidence
Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself
(a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or
republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.
