Ames 3214 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Top Name:

Western Yew

Origin:

Collected – Idaho, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

19 Dec 1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Top Name:

Western Yew

Origin:

Collected – Idaho, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

19 Dec 1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

Idaho, United States
Locality: Along Highway 95, Boundary County, 2-3 miles south of Kingsgate, British Columbia, Canada.
Elevation: 830m.

Collector(s):

Jahn, Otto, USDA/ARS

Donated

19 December 1984.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Accession Names and Identifiers

Western Yew

Type: Local name

A20

Type: Collector identifier

Jahn, Otto USDA/ARS

A32

Type: Collector identifier

Jahn, Otto USDA/ARS

Ames 3214

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

Small, evergreen tree.

Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Genus:

Taxus

Family:

Taxaceae

Nomen number:

101846

Place of publication:

N. Amer. Sylv. 3:86, t. 108. 1849

Verified:

11/09/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Pacific yew		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	western yew		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:438.
English (Canada)	western yew	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 13.
French (Canada)	if de l’Ouest	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 13.
Swedish	läkeidegran		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: Ames 3214, Taxus brevifolia Nutt., Western Yew