Taxus brevifolia

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	TAXACEAE

Scientific Name:

Taxus brevifolia

Species Authority:

Nutt.

Common Name/s:

English

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Canadian Yew, Pacific Yew

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Countries:	Native: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia); United States (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington)
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Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Native populations have been under considerable pressure from the scale of exploitation of the bark by pharmaceutical companies.

Major Threat(s):

Native populations have been under considerable pressure from the scale of exploitation of the bark by pharmaceutical companies.

Conservation Actions:	Plantation sources are now available. The species occurs in various national parks in the north-west.

Conservation Actions:

Plantation sources are now available. The species occurs in various national parks in the north-west.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Taxus brevifolia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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