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Pacific Yew
( Taxus brevifolia )
Taxus brevifolia
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About Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia)
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Taxus brevifolia
(Pacific Yew or Western Yew) is a conifer native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with an isolated disjunct population in southeast British Columbia, most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar and south to central Idaho. It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 meter tall and with a trunk up to 50 centimeter diameter, rarely more. In some instances, trees with heights in excess of 20 meters occur in parks and other protected areas, quite often in gullies. The tree is extremely slow growing, and has a habit of rotting from the inside, creating hollow forms. This makes it difficult to impossible to make accurate rings counts to determine a specimens true age. Often damaged by succession of the forest, it usually ends up in a squat, multiple leader form.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Tree
Size
8 - 59 ft tall
Form
Upright
Growth Rate
Slow
Dormancy
Evergreen
Flowering Season
Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3
likely
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Mottled Gray Carpet
Cladara limitaria
Cladara limitaria
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Common Eupithacia
Eupithecia miserulata
Eupithecia miserulata
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Fall Webworm
Hyphantria cunea
Hyphantria cunea
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Soil Description
Prefers loamy soils
Propagation
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For propagating by seed: No treatment. Sow in early summer. Very slow germination (USDA Forest Service 1974).
Sunset Zones
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1, 2*, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24*
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 18.9" - 154.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 5.86", Coldest Month: 10.8" - 50.5", Hottest Month: 34.1" - 75.1", Humidity: 0.01" - 24.01", Elevation: 66" - 14090"
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Taxus brevifolia
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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