Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Taxaceae > Taxus > Taxus cuspidataTaxus cuspidata (Japanese Yew)Synonyms: Taxus cuspidata f. aurescens; Taxus cuspidata f. densa (homotypic); Taxus cuspidata f. fructu-luteo (homotypic); Taxus cuspidata f. luteobaccata; Taxus cuspidata f. minima; Taxus cuspidata f. thayerae; Taxus cuspidata var. densa; Taxus cuspidata var. luteobaccata; Taxus cuspidata var. minima Language: Ainu; Chi; Chinese; Dut; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Japanese; Jpn (Kanji); Jpn (Katakana); Kor (Hangul); Rus Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew or spreading yew, is a member of the genus Taxus, native to Japan, Korea, northeast China and the extreme southeast of Russia. It is an evergreen tree or large shrub growing to 10–18 m tall, with a trunk up to 60 cm diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, flat, dark green, 1–3 cm long and 2–3 mm broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flattish rows either side of the stem except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is more obvious. |
Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | Drought Tolerance [2] | Medium | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [3] | Dioecious | Frost Free Days [2] | 4 months | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Low | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | Growth Form [2] | Single Crown | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | Growth Rate [2] | Slow | Hazards [3] | All parts of the plant, except the flesh of the fruit, are highly poisonous; | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [3] | Wind | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting | Root Depth [2] | 16 inches (41 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [2] | None | Seed Vigor [2] | Low | Seeds Per [2] | 7400 / lb (16314 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.474 | Structure [3] | Tree | Usage [3] | A brown dye is obtained from the heartwood; Red according to another report;
An oil is extracted from the seeds;
Wood - hard, strong, elastic, fine grained, takes a beautiful polish. Used for furniture, bows etc; The wood is used in building construction, furniture manufacture and as a carving material; | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | Foliage Color [2] | Green | Fruit Color [2] | Red | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Height [3] | 33 feet (10 m) | Width [3] | 33 feet (10 m) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | Water Use [1] | Moderate | View Plants For A Future Record : Taxus cuspidata |
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Species |
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Botchinsky State Nature Reserve |
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660710 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve |
V |
619089 |
Jilin, China |
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Far East State Marine Reserve |
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158928 |
Primorsky Krai, Russia |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kedrovaya Pad Zapovednik |
Ia |
44224 |
Primorsky Krai , Russia |
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Komsomolsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
159168 |
Khabarovsk, Russia |
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Kurilsky State Nature Reserve |
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161520 |
Sakhalin, Russia |
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Lazovsky Zapovednik |
Ia |
299030 |
Primorsky Krai, Russia |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve |
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991950 |
Primorsky Krai, Russia |
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Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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978001 |
Russia |
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Ussuriysky Zapovednik |
Ia |
99910 |
Primorsky Krai , Russia |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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