Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Taxaceae/Taxacées - Yew Family
Taxus canadensis Marshall
En: Canada yew, ground hemlock
Fr: if du Canada, buis du sapin
IA: assiuashiku
Provincial Status: LN
Range: nTemp.-Boreal eNA; thr. Nfld., disj. in cLab.

[=Taxus baccata L. subsp. canadensis (Marshall) Pilg.]
[=Taxus baccata L. subsp. minor (Michx.) Voss]
[=Taxus baccata L. var. adpressa Carrière]
[=Taxus baccata L. var. canadensis (Marshall) A.Gray]
[=Taxus baccata L. var. minor Michx.]
[=Taxus baccata L. var. procumbens Loudon]
[=Taxus canadensis Willd., nom. illeg. hom., non Marshall]
[=Taxus canadensis Marshall forma stricta (L.H.Bailey) Rehder]
[=Taxus canadensis Marshall var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut]
[=Taxus canadensis Marshall var. minor (Michx.) Spjut]
[=Taxus canadensis Marshall var. pyramidalis Rinz]
[=Taxus canadensis Marshall var. stricta L.H.Bailey]
[=Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton ex Small & Vail]
[=Taxus procumbens Lodd. ex Loudon]

[Taxus canadensis was located in 2006 from 2 sites in the Lower Churchill River, near Gull Island Rapids, by Jacques-Whitford ELC and Rare Plant Survey crew members, Brent Keeping and Mike Crowell. The location of these sites confirmed traditional indigenous knowledge of Canada yew from the Lower Churchill River valley.]

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