Taxaceae
Canada yew
Taxus canadensis
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Taxus
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Taxus canadensisTaxaceae
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- طقسوس كندي
- arz
- طقسوس كندى
- atj
- Askiwacit
- azb
- کانادا قاراچؤهرهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Kanada qaraçöhrəsi
- Bulgarian
- Канадски тис
- Chinese
- 加拿大红豆杉
- English
- Canada yew, Canadian yew, American yew
- French
- If du Canada
- German
- Kanadische Eibe
- Hungarian
- Kanadai tiszafa
- Icelandic
- Kanadaýr
- Japanese
- カナダイチイ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kanadabarlind, Canadabarlind
- Polish
- Cis kanadyjski
- Russian
- Тис канадский
- Turkish
- Kanada porsuğu
Synonyms
- Taxus baccata subsp. canadensis (Marshall) Pilg.
- Taxus baccata subsp. minor (Michx.) Voss
- Taxus baccata var. adpressa Carrière
- Taxus baccata var. canadensis (Marshall) A.Gray
- Taxus baccata var. minor Michx.
- Taxus baccata var. procumbens Loudon
- Taxus canadensis f. stricta (L.H.Bailey) Rehder
- Taxus canadensis var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut
- Taxus canadensis var. minor (Michx.) Spjut
- Taxus canadensis var. stricta L.H.Bailey
- Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton ex Small & Vail
- Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton
- Taxus procumbens Lodd. ex Loudon
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.