OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Taxaceae, Yew family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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speaker icon Common Name: Canada Yew, American Yew

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Taxus canadensis   FAMILY: Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Taxus canadensis   FAMILY: Taxaceae

 

Habitat: Cliffs, bluffs, and rocky slopes over calcareous or mafic rocks, red spruce and hemlock swamps and bogs

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY: Taxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Torreya taxifolia   FAMILY: Taxaceae

 

Habitat: Moist ravines and bluffs, sometimes planted well outside its native range as an ornamental, and also rarely established near plantings

Rare or waif(s)

Native to Georgia Coastal Plain (introduced elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

 


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"Some species have flowers that are unisexual, that is, they have either stamens (staminate flowers) or pistils (pistillate flowers) but not both together." — Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide