Taxaceae
Japanese yew
Taxus cuspidata
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- طقسوس شرافي
- arz
- طقسوس شرافى
- Azerbaijani
- İtiuclu qaraçöhrə
- Bulgarian
- Остролистен тис, Островърх тис
- Catalan
- Teix japonès
- Chinese
- 东北红豆杉, 東北紅豆杉, 东北红豆杉（紫杉）, 宽叶紫杉, 米树, 紫杉, 赤柏松, 日本紅豆杉
- Czech
- Tis japonský
- Danish
- Japansk Taks
- English
- Japanese yew, Spreading yew
- Estonian
- Ida-jugapuu
- Finnish
- Japaninmarjakuusi
- French
- If du Japon
- German
- Japanische Eibe
- Hungarian
- Japán tiszafa
- Icelandic
- Japansýr
- Japanese
- イチイ, アララギ, イチイの木, オンコ, ミネゾ, 一位
- Korean
- 주목
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japanbarlind, Japansk barlind
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Japanbarlind
- Persian
- تکسوس کاسپیداتا
- Polish
- Cis japoński
- Russian
- Тис остроконечный, Тисс остроконечный
- Swedish
- Japansk idegran
- Ukrainian
- Тис гострокінцевий, Тис далекосхідний
- Uzbek
- Tis daraxti
Synonyms
- Cephalotaxus umbraculifera Siebold ex Endl.
- Taxus baccata subsp. cuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Pilg.
- Taxus baccata var. cuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Carrière
- Taxus baccata var. latifolia Pilg.
- Taxus baccata var. microcarpa Trautv.
- Taxus biternata Spjut
- Taxus caespitosa Nakai
- Taxus caespitosa var. angustifolia Spjut
- Taxus caespitosa var. latifolia (Pilg.) Spjut
- Taxus cuspidata f. aurescens Rehder
- Taxus cuspidata f. densa Rehder ex E.H.Wilson
- Taxus cuspidata f. fructu-luteo Froebel ex Beissn.
- Taxus cuspidata f. luteobaccata (Miyabe & Tatew.) Rehder
- Taxus cuspidata f. minima Slavin
- Taxus cuspidata f. thayerae Rehder
- Taxus cuspidata subsp. biternata (Spjut) Silba
- Taxus cuspidata var. caespitosa (Nakai) Q.L.Wang
- Taxus cuspidata var. densa (Rehder ex E.H.Wilson) Rehder
- Taxus cuspidata var. latifolia (Pilg.) Nakai
- Taxus cuspidata var. luteobaccata Miyabe & Tatew.
- Taxus cuspidata var. microcarpa (Trautv.) Kolesn.
- Taxus cuspidata var. minima (Slavin) Hornibr.
- Taxus cuspidata var. umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) Makino
- Taxus umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) C.Lawson
- Taxus umbraculifera var. microcarpa (Trautv.) Spjut
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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.
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jooray at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: erik todd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pajok8, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: joshuada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Snup Snupkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Antonio Pérez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.