Plants Profile for Taxus canadensis (Canada yew)

General Information
Symbol:	TACA7
Group:	Gymnosperm
Family:	Taxaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N SPM N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, DC, Washington, USDA ARS National Arboretum. June 13, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, PA, Philadelphia. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 67. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
TACAA	Taxus canadensis Marshall var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut	Canada yew
TACAM	Taxus canadensis Marshall var. minor (Michx.) Spjut	Canada yew

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Taxales
Family	Taxaceae – Yew family
Genus	Taxus L. – yew
Species	Taxus canadensis Marshall – Canada yew

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Indiana American yew Threatened
Kentucky Canadian yew Threatened
Maryland American yew Threatened
Rhode Island ground hemlock Special Concern
Tennessee American yew Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU