Harrington's Plum Yew
Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch
- light
- Any light
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- 2.9 m
Cephalotaxaceae
Also called Japanese Plum Yew
Formerly Cephalotaxus buergeri, Cephalotaxus drupacea, Cephalotaxus pedunculata, Cephalotaxus sinensis, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China to Korea, C. & S. Japan, TaiwanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 4.3 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 粗榧, 日本粗榧, 柱冠日本粗榧
- Simplified Chinese
- 日本粗榧
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Cephalotaxus harringtonia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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