Cephalotaxus fortunei
Chinese plum-yew · also Fortune's yew plum, Plum yew, Chinese cowtail pine
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Cephalotaxus fortunei is a coniferous evergreen shrub or small tree native to China and northern Myanmar. It features an attractive canopy of dark green needles with striking gray undersides, rough peeling bark, and fleshy, purple-brown cones. This species is notable for its tolerance to heavy shade.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 140.01%—6.3 in
- 80.01%7.8 yr8.9 in
- 40.00%—1.6 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.2 in, 90th percentile 13 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Cephalotaxus in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
