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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Taxus canadensis
 
 
 CLASS:    TAXOPSIDA
 ORDER:    TAXALES
 FAMILY:   TAXACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Taxus canadensis
 AUTHORITY:  Marsh.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CANADA YEW
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: TACA7
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Wisconsin Driftless
        listed
     Rock River Hill Country
        Freeport
        Oregon
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   CARROLL         JO DAVIESS      KANKAKEE        LASALLE         LEE
   OGLE            STEPHENSON      WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Conifer
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves are spirally arranged, twisted at base to form flat sprays;
     ovules are not in cones, but at tip of stalk covered with an aril-like
     (fleshy), bright orange-red covering at maturity.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in wooded hillsides near streams; partial shade.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes-qualified
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Aril is edible, seed poisonous.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit   Leaves   Stems   Buds
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:   -   Fruit
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: No data    SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: No data
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   Yes       -major
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Seeds and wilted foliage are poisonous.
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Schwegman, J. E., G. D. Fell, M. Hutchison, G. Paulson, W. M. Shepherd, and
     J. White.  1973.  Comprehensive plan for the Illinois Nature Preserves
     System.  Part 2 - The Natural Divisions of Illinois.  Illinois Nature
     Preserves Commission, Springfield.  32 pp., plus map.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Taxus canadensis
 
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 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
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