NameThatPlant.net: Taxus canadensis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxus canadensis FAMILY Taxaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is an unusual species, being a low evergreen shrub that resembles a seedling hemlock at first glance. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxus canadensis FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Taxus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Taxus canadensis

COMMON NAME:
Canada Yew, American Yew

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image of Taxus canadensis, Canada Yew, American Yew

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_taca7_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_taca7_003_lhp

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Taxus canadensis FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Taxus canadensis FAMILY Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Taxus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Taxus canadensis

1489

Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Cliffs, bluffs, and rocky slopes over calcareous or mafic rocks, red spruce and hemlock swamps and bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Evergreen

"FLOWER":
Spring

FRUIT:
Spring

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