Taxus baccata

Taxaceae Taxus baccata L.

Etymology
Taxus refers to the Latin name for yews.
baccata refers to ‘berry-like’; indicating its cones resemble berries.

Colloquial Name
Common yew, European yew

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
1, 10, DEN, FIN, GRB, IRE, IRE-NI, NOR, SWE, 11, AUT, AUT-AU, AUT-LI, BGM, BGM-BE, BGM-LU, CZE, CZE-CZ, CZE-SL, GER, HUN, NET, POL, SWI, 12, BAL, COR, FRA, FRA-CI, FRA-FR, FRA-MO, POR, SAR, SPA, SPA-AN, SPA-SP, 13, ALB, BUL, GRC, ITA, ITA-IT, ITA-SM, KRI, ROM, SIC, SIC-SI, TUE, YUG, YUG-BH, YUG-CR, YUG-KO, YUG-MA, YUG-MN, YUG-SE, YUG-SL, 14, BLR, BLT, BLT-ES, BLT-LA, BLT-LI, KRY, RUC, RUE, RUN, RUS, RUW, UKR, UKR-MO, UKR-UK, 2, 20, ALG, MOR, MOR-MO, 21, AZO, MDR, 3, 33, NCS, TCS, 34, IRN, TUR

Habitat
The natural habitats for Taxus baccata are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Taxus baccata that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Taxus baccata is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Taxus baccata is increasing. There are ongoing threats for Taxus baccata and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.2 Biological Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Taxus baccata has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Taxus baccata is Taxus. The coordinate taxa for Taxus baccata are therefore:

Taxus baccata is also placed under Taxaceae.

Cultivars
‘Adpressa’, ‘Adpressa Aurea’, ‘Adpressa Aureovariegata’, ‘Adpressa Erecta’, ‘Adpressa Fowle’, ‘Adpressa Pendula’, ‘Adpressa Pyramidalis’, ‘Adpressa Variegata’, ‘Albovariegata’, ‘Aldenhamensis’, ‘Aldenham Gold’, ‘Amersfoort’, ‘Andrea’, ‘Anny’s Dwarf’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Argentea Minor’, ‘Auders’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Decora’, ‘Aurea Nana’, ‘Aurea Nova’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Backhousii’, ‘Balatka WB’, ‘Baricio’, ‘Bariola’, ‘Barronii’, ‘Beteramsii’, ‘Białogard’, ‘Birinic’, ‘Blue Jack’, ‘Blue John’, ‘Bridget’s Gold’, ‘Bruner’, ‘Brzeg’, ‘Bultinck Compact’, ‘Bultinck Globe’, ‘Bultinck Orange Beauty’, ‘Buxtonensis’, ‘Canarie’, ‘Cappenberg’, ‘Cavendishii’, ‘Cheshuntensis’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compressa’, ‘Conica’, ‘Contorta’, ‘Contortifolia’, ‘Corley’s Coppertip’, ‘Corrie’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Crowderi’, ‘Davey’, ‘David’, ‘Davidiana’, ‘Davie’, ‘Davisii’, ‘Decora’, ‘Dovastoniana’, ‘Dovastonii Aurea’, ‘Drinkstone Gold’, ‘Dwarf White’, ‘Elegantissima’, ‘Elvastonensis’, ‘Epacrioides’, ‘Erecta’, ‘Erecta Aurea’, ‘Erecta Aureovariegata’, ‘Ericoides’, ‘Expansa’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Fastigiata Aurea’, ‘Fastigiata Aureomarginata’, ‘Fastigiata Aureovariegata’, ‘Fastigiata Micro’, ‘Fastigiata Nova’, ‘Fastigiata Robusta’, ‘Fastigiata Sibirica’, ‘Fastigiata Variegata’, ‘Fastigiata Viridis’, ‘Feminale’, ‘Fisheri’, ‘Flushing’, ‘Fowle’, ‘Foxii’, ‘Franz’, ‘Fructo-luteo’, ‘Gerard’, ‘Germers Gold’, ‘Giraldii’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glenroy New Penny’, ‘Golden Esch’, ‘Goldener Zwerg’, ‘Goldilocks’, ‘Gold Haze’, ‘Goldspitz’, ‘Goud Elsje’, ‘Graaf’s Gold’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Gracilis Pendula’, ‘Graciosa’, ‘Grandis’, ‘Grayswood Hill’, ‘Great Column’, ‘Green Column’, ‘Green Diamond’, ‘Greensleeves’, ‘Handsworthiana’, ‘Hartshall’, ‘Hessei’, ‘Hibernica’, ‘Hopkins’, ‘Horizontalis’, ‘Horizontalis Elegantissima’, ‘Icicle’, ‘Imperialis’, ‘Ingeborg Nellemann’, ‘Intermedia’, ‘Intermezzo’, ‘Itsy Bitsy’, ‘Ivory Tower’, ‘Jack’s Gold’, ‘Jacksonii’, ‘Judith’, ‘Kadett’, ‘Kleefeld’, ‘Klitzeklein’, ‘Knirps’, ‘Krzysztof’, ‘Laevigata’, ‘Libo’, ‘Linearis’, ‘Litfass’, ‘Litomyšl’, ‘Little Gem’, ‘Longifolia’, ‘Lutea’, ‘Macnabiana’, ‘Major’, ‘Melfard’, ‘Michelii’, ‘Micro’, ‘Miniata’, ‘Minima’, ‘Minor’, ‘Moderato’, ‘Moll’, ‘Monstrosa’, ‘Morris Golden Spreader’, ‘Moseri Aurea’, ‘Nana’, ‘Neidpath Castle’, ‘Neidpathensis’, ‘Newport’, ‘Nigra’, ‘Nissens Corona’, ‘Nissens Dirigent’, ‘Nissens Kadett’, ‘Nissens Page’, ‘Nissens Präsident’, ‘Nissens Regent’, ‘Nutans’, ‘Oberhof’, ‘Omberg’, ‘Osterberg’, ‘Overeynderi’, ‘Page’, ‘Papageno’, ‘Parvula’, ‘Paulina’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Graciosa’, ‘Pendula Variegata’, ‘Pimpf’, ‘Pirat’, ‘Pirol’, ‘Präsident’, ‘Procumbens’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Pseudoprocumbens’, ‘Pumila Aurea’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Pyramidalis Aureomarginata’, ‘Pyramidalis Variegata’, ‘Raket’, ‘Recurvata’, ‘Regent’, ‘Repandens’, ‘Repandens Aurea’, ‘Repens’, ‘Repens Aurea’, ‘Rezek’s Gold’, ‘Rinteln’, ‘Rushmore’, ‘Schwarzer Gigant’, ‘Schwarzgrun’, ‘Semperaurea’, ‘Severin’, ‘Sieboldii’, ‘Silvanus Cone’, ‘Silver Green’, ‘Silver Queen’, ‘Silver Spire’, ‘Silver Spirit’, ‘Sparcifolia’, ‘Sparsifolia’, ‘Spieckermann’, ‘Standishii’, ‘Stove Pipe’, ‘Straight Hedge’, ‘Summergold’, ‘Suzanne’, ‘Sybil’, ‘Tardiva’, ‘Thomsen’, ‘Thomsen’s Dwarf’, ‘Tiny’, ‘Umbraculifera’, ‘Vader Simon’, ‘Van der Straaten’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Variegated’, ‘Vogelhorst’, ‘Washingtonii’, ‘Watnong Gold’, ‘Weeping Curl’, ‘Westerstede’, ‘White Icicle’, ‘Wiesmoor Gold’, ‘William Barron’, ‘Wintergold’, ‘Wintonensis’, ‘Wrightii’, ‘Wust’, ‘Xanthocarpa’, ‘Zaunkönig’, ‘Zundert’