Common Names
Korean plum yew (1).Taxonomic notes
Some authors have placed it in synonymy with C. harringtonia.Description
An upright, slow-growing shrub to 3 m tall, densely branched with black-green needles ca. 5 cm long and 4 mm wide (1).Range
Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido; North and South Korea; NE China; at low to middle elevations; USDA Zone 6, perhaps Zone 5 (1, 2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Endangered by extensive clearcutting in Korea (3).Citations
(1) Kim E. Tripp. 1995. Cephalotaxus: the plum yews. Arnoldia 55(1): 24-39.(2) Farjon 1998.
(3) Barry Yinger. 1989. Notes on Cephalotaxus, the plum yew. Bull. American Conifer Society 6(3):57-59.
See also Nakai 1930, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 44:508.
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