Japanese Yew

Taxus cuspidata

Siebold & Zucc. Species

Taxus cuspidata
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Botanical name
Taxus cuspidata
Also known as
Japanese Yew
Family
Taxaceae
Genus
Taxus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Japanese Yew

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Taxus cuspidata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cephalotaxus umbraculifera Taxus baccata subsp. cuspidata Taxus baccata var. cuspidata Taxus baccata var. latifolia Taxus baccata var. microcarpa Taxus biternata Taxus caespitosa Taxus caespitosa var. angustifolia Taxus caespitosa var. latifolia Taxus cuspidata f. aurescens Taxus cuspidata f. densa Taxus cuspidata f. fructu-luteo Taxus cuspidata f. luteobaccata Taxus cuspidata f. minima Taxus cuspidata f. thayerae Taxus cuspidata subsp. biternata Taxus cuspidata var. caespitosa Taxus cuspidata var. densa Taxus cuspidata var. latifolia Taxus cuspidata var. luteobaccata Taxus cuspidata var. microcarpa Taxus cuspidata var. minima Taxus cuspidata var. umbraculifera Taxus umbraculifera Taxus umbraculifera var. microcarpa

Others in Taxus

Taxus baccata
Common Yew
Taxus cuspidata var. nana
Taxus calcicola
Taxus chinensis
Chinese Yew
Taxus contorta
West Himalayan Yew
Taxus cuspidata var. cuspidata
Taxus brevifolia
Canadian Yew
Taxus canadensis
American Yew

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