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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.
Cephalotaxus harringtonii, commonly known as Korean plum yew, [2] Japanese plum-yew, [3] Harrington's cephalotaxus, [4] or cowtail pine, is a species of coniferous shrub or small tree in the family Taxaceae. It is native to Japan, but is occasionally utilised in western gardens and several cultivars exist for these purposes.
Yews are widely used in landscaping and ornamental horticulture. Over 400 cultivars of yews have been named, the vast majority of these being derived from European yew (Taxus baccata) or Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata). The hybrid between these two species is Taxus × media.
Common names in English include yew plum pine, [2] Buddhist pine, fern pine and Japanese yew. [3] Kusamaki ( クサマキ ) and inumaki ( 犬槇 ) are Japanese names for this tree. In China, it is known as luóhàn sōng ( 羅漢松 ), which literally means " arhat pine".
Taxus × media, also referred to as the Hybrid yew, Anglo-Japanese yew, or Anglojap yew is a conifer (more specifically, a yew) created by the hybridization of English yew Taxus baccata and Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata. [1] [2] This hybridization is thought to have been performed by the Massachusetts-based horticulturalist T.D. Hatfield in the ...
[34] [21] The European yew is one of the most toxic species in the genus, along with the Japanese yew, T. cuspidata. [32] Yew poisonings are relatively common in both domestic and wild animals which consume the plant accidentally, [8] [9] [10] resulting in "countless fatalities in livestock". [35] Taxines are also absorbed efficiently via the skin.
Taxaceae (/ t æ k ˈ s eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.
The Craigends Yew grove from the old ice house. The Craigends Yew (NS4199566134) is an ancient European layering yew (Taxus baccata) growing next to the River Gryffe in what were the grounds of the Craigends Estate, Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Estimates put its age at around 500 to 700 years old and it is one of the largest and oldest ...