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Chinese Plum-yew

Cephalotaxus fortunei

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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16 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 0, September 1, October 4, November 0, December 2.
United States41
China16
District of Columbia8
Virginia8
Maryland8
Hunan Province5
Pennsylvania4
North Carolina4
New Jersey4
Zhejiang Province3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classconifers · Pinopsida
Orderconifers · Pinales
FamilyCephalotaxaceae
Genusplum-yews · Cephalotaxus

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Sources

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Practise Chinese Plum-yew with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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