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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
TaxaceaeTaxaceaeYew Familyimage of plant
TaxaceaeTaxusYewimage of plant
TaxaceaeTaxus baccataEnglish YewSuburban woodlands, planted as hedges and ornamentals, escaping locally, as in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC (Shetler & Orli 2000).Native of Europe.image of plant
TaxaceaeTaxus canadensisCanada Yew, American YewCliffs, bluffs, and rocky slopes over calcareous or mafic rocks, red spruce and hemlock swamps and bogs.NL (Newfoundland), NL (Labrador), MN, and s. MB south to nw. NC, ne. TN, KY, and IA. Taxus was first found in NC in 1968 (McDowell 1969). In our region, Taxus canadensis occurs primarily on limestone and mafic bluffs, but at its southernmost site in the hanging valley of Long Hope Creek (Ashe and Watauga counties, NC), it is found in red spruce swamps and fen edges (over mafic substrates), where it is locally common. Deer have a devastating effect on populations of this species in our area.image of plant
TaxaceaeTaxus cuspidataJapanese YewSuburban woodlands, planted as hedges and ornamentals, escaping locally (Shetler & Orli 2000).Native of Japan, e. China, and Korea.image of plant
TaxaceaeTaxus floridanaFlorida YewMesic bluffs and ravines.Endemic to Panhandle FL. Reports from s. GA (e.g., Mellinger 1984) appear to be speculative. Sometimes reported to also occur along the east coast of Mexico (POWO 2024), but this usually interpreted as a different taxon.image of plant
TaxaceaeTorreyaTorreya, Stinking Cedarimage of plant
TaxaceaeTorreya taxifoliaFlorida TorreyaMoist ravines and bluffs, sometimes planted well outside its native range as an ornamental, and also rarely established near plantings.An endangered endemic of ravines along the Apalachicola River in Panhandle FL and sw. GA. Pittillo and Brown (1988) report that "young saplings [are] established downslope and beneath transplanted trees south of Highlands [Macon County, NC]." Godfrey (1988) reports that the national champion Florida Torreya is in Warren County, NC, with "a near-basal circumference of 9 feet, a spread of 52 feet, and a height of 60 feet. It is estimated that it may have been planted there about 1830". Additionally, the organization Torreya Guardians has planted Torreya widely in eastern North America, such as in western North Carolina, and these deliberate attempts to establish the species outside its current range by plantation may be encountered by field biologists.image of plant