#1901 most planted
Taxus chinensis
Chinese yew
15
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
16 in
median trunk (41 cm, 15 measured)
7.5 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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The Chinese yew, Taxus chinensis, is a temperate tree native to Central and Southern China. It is highly valued for its use in cancer treatment, which has led to overexploitation and its current Endangered status.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 150.01%7.5 yr16 in
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Other Taxus in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
