Common Names
Florida yew.Taxonomic notes
Syn: T. canadensis Linnaeus var. floridana (Nuttall ex Chapman) Pilger (1).Description
Shrubs or small trees, dioecious, to 6(-10) m tall and 38 cm dbh. "Bark purplish brown, thin, scaly. Branches stout, spreading. Leaves 1-2.6(-2.9) cm × 1-2(-2.2) mm, mostly slightly falcate, light green with 2 grayish bands abaxially, with cuticular papillae along stomatal bands, dark green adaxially, epidermal cells as viewed in cross section of leaf wider than tall or ± isodiametric. Seed ellipsoid, 5-6 mm, maturing in early fall" (1).Range
USA: Florida, endemic along the Appalachicola River, typically in moist, shaded ravines in hardwood forests at 15-30 m elevation. It is of conservation concern (1).Big Tree
Height 6 m, dbh 20 cm, crown spread 8 m, located in Torreya State Park, Florida (2).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Matthew H. Hils at the Flora of North America web site.(2) American Forests 1996.
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 11-Jan-1999