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Tamarix canariensis is on-list in the evidence table. Its common name is canary island tamarisk. The 2019 source places the shrub among recommended low-flammability species in a native-or-forest column.
That published column is the only fire direction. The stored state set names AZ, GA, LA, NC, and SC, but those catalog locations do not enlarge the recommendation's source scope. Its exact placement remains in the source row.
The separate ecological report uses introduced-established for the lower 48. It does not supply the on-list direction. With no second fire source, the page stays limited evidence. The cited evidence keeps the ecological status outside the on-list tally.
Form
shrub
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 AZ, GA, LA, NC, SC.
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.
