SPECIES:  Taxus floridana

• Introductory
• Distribution and Occurrence
• Management Considerations
• Botanical and Ecological Characteristics
• Fire Ecology
• Fire Effects
• References

Introductory
SPECIES: Taxus floridana



AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1993. Taxus floridana. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). 
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].




ABBREVIATION : 
TAXFLO

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   TAFL


COMMON NAMES : 
   Florida yew


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for Florida yew is Taxus
floridana Nutt. ex Chapm. [6,12].  There are no accepted infrataxa.


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
Notice of Review, Category 2

OTHER STATUS : 
The state of Florida lists Florida yew as endangered [28].  The Natural
Heritage Program lists Florida yew as imperiled because of rarity or
because of vulnerability to extinction (global and state rank 2) [2].
Florida yew is listed by The Nature Conservancy as imperiled because of
rarity and limited range [7].

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