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Taxus canadensis
Also called Canada yew, Ground Hemlock, American Yew, Shinwood
Canadian yew is a low, sprawling evergreen shrub native to eastern North America, usually found in cool, moist, shaded woods and swamp edges. It is grown for its dense dark green foliage and is best kept cool and moist in shade.
Taxus canadensis, the Canada yew or Canadian yew, is a conifer in the family Taxaceae, native to central and eastern North America, thriving in swampy woods, ravines, riverbanks and on lake shores. Locally called "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 Counties in North Carolina.
All parts of Canadian yew, save the aril, are toxic; it is, however, thought to be of lower toxicity than T. baccata.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taxus canadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
