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Taxus cuspidata is a species of plants of the genus Yew (Taxus) of the Yew family (Taxaceae), common in the Far East of Russia, Japan and China. Dioecious (rarely monoecious), evergreen, wind-pollinated tree up to 20 m high. Large specimens are rare, the most common tree being up to 6 m tall and 30 cm in diameter. Sometimes it takes the form of a creeping shrub with several stems. The crown is usually irregularly oval in shape with horizontal or drooping branches. The trunk is up to 1 m in diameter, with reddish-gray bark. The root system is shallow but powerful, without a noticeable tap root. Produces root suckers.
The needles are soft, sickle-shaped, with a spine at the top, flat, dark green above, lighter below. The needles are 2.3-2.5 cm long and 2.5-3.0 mm wide. Microsporophylls are spherical in shape with 2-8 sporangia, in the form of sessile “spikelets” located in the leaf axils at the ends of last year’s shoots. Megasporophylls are extremely reduced, consisting of single ovules located at the tops of short axillary shoots.
The seeds are ovoid or oval-elliptical, flattened, 5 to 6.5 mm long, 4-4.5 mm wide, ripen in September. They are brown in color, surrounded by a fleshy bright red seedling, sweetish in taste and not poisonous, unlike the leaves. The upper part of the epithelium is open, and the pointed tip of the seed protrudes from it. Abundant harvests occur once every 5-7 years.
Introduced to the Botanical Garden. The seeds of this species were brought from Poland to the Botanical Garden by academician F.N. Rusanov in 1962. In 1962, in the spring, the introduction of these species was sown in the nursery and studied, and coniferous trees were planted in the nursery on 03.13.1963. Currently, there are 3 adult years of this type of tree growing in this nursery.
