Florida Yew

Taxus floridana

Family

Taxaceae

Genus

Taxus

About Our Collection

Fun Facts

  • The United States is home to two additional species of yew: Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) and Pacific yew (T. brevifolia). The first is a small, spreading shrub. The second can reach heights of eighty feet in the Pacific Northwest.

  • Although the Florida yew endures Boston winters, the Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia) proved less adaptable. In 2010, the Arnold Arboretum officially transferred its conservation collection of this species to the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

  • One of the most common yews cultivated in American gardens is a hybrid between the English and Japanese yew (Taxus baccata and T. cuspidata). This plant originated from an experimental crossing by Theophilus Hatfield, a horticulturist at the Hunnewell Estate in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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3 Living Specimens

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