Scientific Name:
Taxus
x
media
Pronunciation:
TACKS-us ex MEE-dee-uh
Common Name:
yew, dense yew
Family Name:
Taxaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Evergreen shrub; mature branches olive-green; leaves pointy, flat, linear to 3cm long, 2-ranked and spreading; seed protected by an ovoid aril to 1cm long, bright red, fleshy.
Habit:
Spreading, Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
5 - 7m
Mature Spread:
2 - 3m
Origin:
Garden origin (T. baccata x T. cuspidata)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Screening, Sheared hedge (Caution: poisonous parts)
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include
T. 'Dark Green Spreader', T. 'Hicksii', and
T. 'Hillii'. A common cultivar that may be tested is T. 'Densiformis' (dense yew).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Needle-like
Arrangement:
Spiraled
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green, underside with two yellow-green stomata bands on either side of whitish midrib (midrib can be slightly red flushed in winter)
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Linear
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
Cv. T. 'Hicksii' most common and has leaves to 3cm (longer than with T. baccata 'Fastigiata' - otherwise the two plants are very similar looking).
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Drupe
Fruit Colour:
Red (scarlet)
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Showy, Accessory tissue, Single ovoid-oblong seed (poisonous) about 8mm long, partially enveloped by a fleshy cup-shaped disk called an aril.
Bark or Stem Colour:
Pest Susceptibility:
Dieback, Mites, Root rot
Specific Pests:
Eriophyid mites in buds can cause deformed new growth
Course(s):
- AARB 1012
- HORT 1155
- Level 2 Apprenticeship
- CLT Training
Location(s):
- (BUG) BUG garden : confirm ID
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North : confirm ID
- (GRB) GRass Bed
- (GRBW) GRass Bed West
- (MCC) Main Campus Courtyard
- (NRY) NuRserY : cv. Hilli
- (ONW) Overpass North side West
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North
- (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden