Taxus floridana
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A 9B
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Florida Yew
Taxaceae
Plant Specifics
| Size: | to 25 ft tall by to 15 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Fruit Color: | Red | |
| Phenology: | Evergreen. | |
| Habitats: | Slope forest. Rich wooded ravines and cedar swamps. It typically grows in groups of small trees (clones). This species can be seen planted at Torreya St. Pk. and wild at Appalachicola Bluffs and Ravines TNC Preserve. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Use as a specimen plant either as a small tree or large shrub. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Part Shade, Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Loam, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Birds and other animals eat the fruit. Poisonous to humans and livestock.