Canada yew

Most of its range is well north of the Ohio River. It is, however, found as a rare ice age relict in some coves of the Appalachian Mountains. The southernmost colonies are known from Ashe and Watauga County, North Carolina.

Taxus canadensis (Canadian Yew) is a conifer native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called simply "Yew", this species is also referred to as American Yew or Ground-hemlock. Most of its range is well north of the Ohio River. It is, however, found as a rare ice age relict in some coves of the Appalachian Mountains. The southernmost colonies are known from Ashe and Watauga County, North Carolina and Scott County, Tennessee. More

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Taxus canadensis has also been distinguished from other related species by its low sprawling, layering, monoecious habit, but these characters cannot be evaluated by herbarium specimens alone. Moreover, T. canadensis is not always monoecious (Allison 1991), and tree forms may be found. More