View source for Taxus canadensis

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|accepted_name=Taxus canadensis
|accepted_authority=Marshall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Arbust. Amer.
|place=151. 1785
|year=1785
}}
|common_names=Canada yew;American yew;ground-hemlock;li du Canada;sapin trainard
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Taxus baccata subsp. canadensis
|authority=(Marshall) Pilger
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Taxus baccata var. minor
|authority=Michaux
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Taxus minor
|authority=Loddiges
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Taxus procumbens
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Taxaceae;Taxus;Taxus canadensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Taxaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Taxus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Taxus canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>to 2 m, usually monoecious, low, diffusely branched, straggling, spreading to prostrate. <b>Bark</b> reddish, very thin. <b>Branches</b> spreading and ascending. <b>Leaves</b> 1–2.5 cm × 1–2.4 mm, pale green abaxially, mostly without cuticular papillae along stomatal bands, dark green to yellow-green adaxially, epidermal cells as viewed in cross section of leaf wider than tall or ± isodiametric. <b>Seed</b> somewhat flattened, 4–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Seeds maturing late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Understory shrub in rich forests (deciduous, mixed, or coniferous), bogs, swamps, gorges, ravine slopes, and rocky banks
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Taxus canadensis
|authority=Marshall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Taxus baccata subsp. canadensis;Taxus baccata var. minor;Taxus minor;Taxus procumbens
|basionyms=
|family=Taxaceae
|phenology=Seeds maturing late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Understory shrub in rich forests (deciduous, mixed, or coniferous), bogs, swamps, gorges, ravine slopes, and rocky banks
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Arbust. Amer.
|publication year=1785
|special status=
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|genus=Taxus
|species=Taxus canadensis
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