#833 most planted
Taxus cuspidata
Japanese yew · also Spreading yew, Rigid-branch yew
ConiferEvergreen
396
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
12
cities
5.9 in
median trunk (15 cm, 312 measured)
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Taxus cuspidata is an evergreen conifer with a rounded to pyramidal habit. It has dark green needles with pointed ends and yellowish-green undersides. This versatile species tolerates drought, acidic soils, shade, cold, and urban pollution.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1520.02%—5.5 in
- 870.07%23 yr26 in
- 840.04%—3.5 in
- 230.01%—4.7 in
- 160.01%—2.3 in
- 160.01%—6.7 in
- 60.01%—2.0 in
- 40.00%—2.0 in
- 30.00%——
- 20.00%—3.1 in
- 20.01%—5.5 in
- 10.01%—7.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–15 ft
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Soil
- Acidic
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 12 in, 90th percentile 26 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.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Taxus in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
