Taxus cuspidata
Japanese Yew
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Japan and Korea
Single-trunked tree but other forms too
Not as hardy as the Canada Yew but hardier than the English Yew
'Aurescens' - dwarf variety with shoots tinged yellow
'Densa' - 4 feet tall by 20 feet across - usually a pistillate plant, with short side branchlets, very dense and widespreading branches
'Jeffrey's Pyramidal' - dark green-leaved, one of the heaviest-fruiting forms. pyramidal in habit:
'Nana' - mostly female, the shoots are dense and compact
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