Taxon: Taxus canadensis Marshall

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• American yew   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Canada yew   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• ground-hemlock   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• shinwood   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• buis de sapin   (Source: F Canada ) – French
  
• kanadensisk idegran   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann; CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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View toxicology references for Taxus canadensis from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Cope, E. A. 1998. Taxaceae: the genera and cultivated species. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 64:308.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers.
• Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [mentions].
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Taxus canadensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Taxus canadensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Taxus canadensis.

Check other web resources for Taxus canadensis Marshall:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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